A judge dismissed his defamation proceedings last month in a judgement that was more than 700 pages long.
War veteran Ben Roberts-Smith intends to appeal after losing a landmark defamation case against three newspapers.His legal team filed a notice after receiving an extension to the regular time frameThe Victoria Cross recipient sued The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Canberra Times over stories published in 2018.
Mr Roberts-Smith's legal team on Tuesday filed a notice of appeal in the Federal Court, after receiving an extension to the normal time frame within which to launch it. He was also found to have multiple reasons to lie, including a financial motive to support his claim for damages, the restoration of his reputation and a motive to resist findings against him.
This month, Justice Besanko was told Mr Roberts-Smith accepted he should pay on an indemnity basis from March 2020 onwards, however there remained a dispute about who foots the bill for costs incurred prior to that.
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