SOS24 · Breakout Session
Taleesha Elder
Senior Associate · BENNETT
Taleesha is a Senior Associate in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution. Taleesha graduated from the University of Western Australia in 2011 with a Bachelor of Laws (Honours)/Bachelor of Science.
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Taleesha is a Senior Associate in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution.
Taleesha graduated from the University of Western Australia in 2011 with a Bachelor of Laws (Honours)/Bachelor of Science. Prior to joining Bennett in 2013, Taleesha spent 18 months as the Associate to his Honour Justice Kenneth Martin in the Supreme Court of Western Australia.
Taleesha is a practical and experienced litigator, having acted in a wide variety of disputes in first instance and appellate Courts, both as instructing solicitor and as counsel.
She regularly advises and represents clients in defamation and media law matters, and also takes an interest in representing members of indigenous corporations in corporate disputes. She has acted on high profile defamation matters including Rayney v State of Western Australia, Reynolds v Higgins and Reynolds v Sharaz, and has also assisted clients with pre-publication advice. She has contributed submissions in respect of reforms to both the Uniform Defamation Act and the Corporations (Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander) Act.
Taleesha tutored Civil Procedure at UWA in 2019, 2020 and 2022.
From clickbait to critical thinking: media literacy for a digital future
With Larah Kennedy and Meg Coffey
Join host Carmen Braidwood for an all-star panel discussion exploring why discerning truth from fake-news fiction is more important than ever. From culture-war skulduggery to AI deep-fakery, from managing online outrage to the legal implications, we’ll offer some media-literacy certainty in our uncertain digital age.
Breakout Session · Day one · 1.50pm to 2.20pm
