High profile lawyer Chris Murphy wins his defamation case as a judge ordered The Daily Telegraph to pay one hundred and ten thousand dollars in damages after suggesting Mr Murphy was too old and deaf to practice as a lawyer anymore. The claim from The Daily Telegraph publisher Annette Sharp said Mr Murphy who is seventy two was unwilling or unable to represent clients due to his hearing has been ruled untrue. Mr Murphy does use hearing aids but the judgement reads that many barristers and judges use hearing aids and then have no difficulty hearing.