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  • Bartlett v Roffey [2024] FCA 906

    [1] Mr Bartlett spent his formative years in Perth. He practiced for many years as a workplace relations lawyer and in related professional roles. For a time, he was an Australian Rules footballer. He has a long association with football circles. In 2013 he was appointed as President of the Melbourne Football Club, having moved to Melbourne in 2009. He concluded his term as President in April 2021. He now lives principally in Busselton, Western Australia.

    [2] Mr Bartlett seeks to pursue defamation claims concerning publications allegedly made by his successor as President of the Club, Ms Kate Roffey, and three other directors of the Club. The publications are said to have occurred in 2021 and 2022.
     

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