Australia’s most decorated living soldier will need to pay $910,000 to the federal court in Sydney to cover legal costs in the event he loses action
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Ben Roberts-Smith has been ordered to pay close to $1m as security into a court bank account, in order to be able to continue his appeal against his lost defamation case.
The former SAS corporal, Australia’s most decorated living soldier, has been instructed to pay $910,000 to cover the legal costs of the three newspapers he has sued for defamation, in the event he loses his appeal.
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