The former federal Liberal staffer has lodged an appeal against his devastating defamation loss against Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson.
Bruce Lehrmann has lodged an appeal against a landmark decision dismissing his multimillion-dollar defamation case against Network Ten and high-profile presenter Lisa Wilkinson.
The former federal Liberal staffer had until Friday to file any notice of appeal, after Federal Court Justice Michael Lee extended the usual 28-day window from May 13 to May 31.On April 15, Lee dismissed Lehrmann’s defamation suit over an interview with his former colleague Brittany Higgins, aired onin February 2021. Higgins is set to marry her fiance, David Sharaz, in Queensland this weekend.
The trial and the judgment were watched live by thousands on YouTube, as the Federal Court embraces technological developments accelerated during the pandemic.in March 2019 in the Parliament House office where they worked as advisers to the then Liberal defence industry minister Linda Reynolds.Lehrmann, an unemployed law student, to pay a substantial part of the media parties’ multimillion-dollar legal costs.
The court also heard that Ten offered to settle the proceedings in a letter on August 31 last year. The “walk away” offer, under which the proceedings would have been dismissed without any admission of liability or any costs order, was swiftly rejected.In the offer, released by the court this year, Ten’s lead solicitor, Thomson Geer partner Marlia Saunders, referred to Lehrmann’s first interview on Seven’s“Indeed, your ...
An appeal would not require witnesses, including Higgins and Wilkinson, to give evidence afresh in court.
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