Christian Porter loses appeal against Jo Dyer in spinoff case to ABC defamation action

Former attorney general had appealed court decision to stop Sue Chrysanthou representing him, despite dropping his claim against ABC

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Former attorney general Christian Porter has lost his appeal against a federal court decision which blocked his barrister from acting in a now-abandoned defamation case against the ABC.

In April, Porter launched an appeal to the full bench of the federal court over a ruling which prevented his barrister, Sue Chrysanthou SC, from acting in his high-profile defamation case against the national broadcaster.

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