Jade Carlson

Commercial Litigation Special Counsel, Jade Carlson was asked to appear on Channel 9’s A Current Affair to talk about singer, Vanessa Amorosi’s court battle with her mother, Joyleen Robinson.

The dispute centred on who owned the family home. The house was purchased as a result of Amorosi’s success but Robinson argued it should belong to her as she had paid her daughter the $650,000 they agreed to back in 2001.

A court ultimately decided the house belonged to Amorosi, and that Robinson must vacate the property. However, Justice Steven Moore did agree Robinson should receive close to $900,000 in restitution from Amorosi, taking into account the $650,000 payment, plus interest.

Jade explained the intricacies of the dispute to Senior Reporter, Alexis Daish.

To watch the interview in full, click on the video below.

23 April 2025, by Alexis Daish, Senior Reporter, A Current Affair.

Commercial Litigation Special Counsel, Jade Carlson was featured in the Daily Mail Australia.

Jade spoke to Daily Mail Australia reporter, Nicholas Wilson about a controversial squatter’s rights activist, Jordan van den Lamb who created a DIY guide for his followers on how to detect whether a house is fit for squatting.

Mr van den Lamb collects addresses for abandoned or empty homes and provides them to Australians in need of emergency housing.

Jade discussed whether Mr van den Lamb himself could be held liable for any trespasses he may help to facilitate.

She explained only the registered owner could raise a trespassing claim, meaning if a home were truly abandoned the likelihood of legal action would be ‘remote’, whilst acknowledging the program raises ‘inherent risks’ that could raise ‘significant’ legal consequences.

To read Jade’s interview in full, click here.

12 May 2025, written by reporter, Nicholas Wilson

Attwood Marshall Lawyers’ Commercial Litigation Special Counsel, Jade Carlson featured on A Current Affair‘s lead story, discussing the distressing case of a developer cancelling a single mother’s contract to buy an apartment and her drawn out fight to claim the home she was expecting.

Jade was interviewed by reporter, Brigitte O’Brien and emphasised the need to fully understand contracts to ensure you have enough knowledge of the risks. She also explained how having the right legal support can help people to negotiate contracts to better suit their needs, before they sign on the dotted line.

26 June 2025, by Brigitte O’Brien, Reporter, A Current Affair.

Our Commercial Litigation Special Counsel, Jade Carlson was recently interviewed by Mamamia.com about the defamation risk involving popular dating advice apps such as US based, Tea – a women-only app allows users to anonymously post pictures of men they’re dating to see whether other users have any ‘tea’ to spill on their character.

Here in Australia, there have been social media groups where similar advice was given. Poignantly, many of these groups were temporarily paused or shut down completely, after one social media group administrator was sued for defamation over a comment.  Jade spoke to journalist, Bek Day about the high risk of legal liability and consequences for app users who could potentially be accused of  defamation and privacy breaches.

Jade explained,

“Here in Australia, how it works is that if someone publishes material which carries what we call defamatory imputation – meaning the impact of what is said – that can be prosecuted as defamation. In terms of Tea, the risk involves two people – the person making the post, who, even if they’re anonymous, could be identified through expert reports and so forth, and the app administrators.”

To read more from Jade’s interview with Mamamia.com, click here.