Daily Telegraph lawyers accused of treating Geoffrey Rush litigation ‘like a game’

Lawyers for Geoffrey Rush have branded The Daily Telegraph’s plan to launch a cross-claim against Sydney Theatre Company as “spurious” as the actor’s defamation case against the publication returned to court today.

Sue Chrysanthou accused lawyers for Nationwide News and journalist Jonathon Moran of “treating this litigation like a game” while her client suffers “devastating and significant effect” of stories which accused Rush of “inappropriate behaviour” on a Sydney stage.

She said the cross claim against the theatre company was simply designed to delay the proceedings.