Today Bruce Lehrmann will learn how much he will have to pay in the wake of his failed defamation case against Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson. Justice Michael Lee said he had reached a “level of satisfaction” that costs would be awarded in Network Ten’s favour, with the amount toContinue Reading
Bruce Lehrmann has been forced to reveal documents showing whether or not a secret financial backer was bankrolling his multimillion-dollar defamation case. Justice Michael Lee presided over the hearing on Wednesday after Network Ten issued legal demands to probe if any third party was bankrolling the case. Last month, JusticeContinue Reading
Former Defence Minister Linda Reynolds is set to launch fresh legal action targeting Brittany Higgins’ trust fund that protects what remains of her $2.4 million compensation payout. The Liberal Senator, who has warned Brittany Higgins that she will be “regrettably” forced to proceed to a defamation trial to prove thereContinue Reading
The Federal Court reconvened on Wednesday to hear submissions of how much Bruce Lehrmann should have to pay in the wake of his failed defamation case against Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson. During Wednesday’s hearing, Justice Lee said he had reached a “level of satisfaction” that costs would be awardedContinue Reading
Justice Michael Lee delivered a scathing verdict regarding the conduct of Channel 10 over the decision to green-light Lisa Wilkinson’s infamous Logies speech on the eve of Bruce Lehrmann’s criminal trial. It was “grossly improper and unjustifiable” he found, because it implied Brittany Higgins’ allegations were true in proximity toContinue Reading
Lisa Wilkinson has hit back at her employer, Channel 10, in the latest skirmish over her estimated $2 million in legal costs for separate representation in Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation trial. The TV broadcaster’s decision to hire her own legal team for the defamation trial and ask her employer to payContinue Reading
Network 10 has argued it should not have to pick up the tab for “unnecessarily duplicative or wasteful” costs incurred by veteran journalist Lisa Wilkinson during their defamation battle with Bruce Lehrmann. In a landmark judgment in the Federal Court last week, Justice Michael Lee found Mr Lehrmann had, onContinue Reading
An American gamer and former world-record holder suing an Australian YouTuber for claiming he was a cheat has been given days to explain why he is not available for a proposed trial date. William “Billy” James Mitchell has launched legal action against Karl Jobst, a renowned video game YouTuber andContinue Reading
Bruce Lehrmann could be declared bankrupt if Channel Ten and Lisa Wilkinson pursue him for legal costs and he can’t pay up. A fresh round of legal action could also unearth if any secret backers have ever paid his legal bills. Legal sources have told news.com.au that the combined costsContinue Reading
Brittany Higgins has raised the question of whether she may have been drugged on the night she alleges she was raped, in a submission to Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation case. Justice Michael Lee will hand down his judgment in the matter on Monday, April 15 after he has considered the additional material raised inContinue Reading