Contempt proceedings against SMH and Age staff in Lattouf case ‘probably doomed’, Nine’s lawyers argue

Pro-Israel lobbyists allege newspaper editors Bevan Shields and Patrick Elligett are among eight individuals who broke name suppression order

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A request by pro-Israel lobbyists to launch contempt proceedings against editors and reporters from Nine for allegedly breaching a suppression order in Antoinette Lattouf’s unlawful termination case is “probably doomed”, Nine’s lawyers have argued in the federal court.

The editors of the Sydney Morning Herald and the Age, Bevan Shields and Patrick Elligett, are among eight individuals, including lawyers, named in the request.