“I’m not saying that was in bad faith or because of nefarious motives, but that’s part of the reason why I’m ordering an audit so that we can figure out what are the facts with regard to some of those costs.”

The attorney added, addressing Healy: “Your repetitive wrongful, bad faith and malicious actions have seriously damaged and will continue to damage my client.”

A Nevada commissioner ruled Mr Murdoch and Lachlan had acted in "bad faith" and called the efforts a "carefully crafted charade", according to the New York Times.

That commissioner, Edmund J. Gorman Jr., said in a ruling over the weekend that the elder Murdoch and Lachlan Murdoch had acted in “bad faith” in their attempt to rewrite the trust, according to a sealed court filing obtained by the New York Times.

It’s incredibly bad faith, but that doesn’t mean that it won’t work.