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.
Lisa Wilkinson has hit back at her employer, Channel 10, in the latest skirmish over her estimated $2 million in legal costs .
In response, Wilkinson’s legal team argues that Ten’s submissions “impermissibly seek to reagitate that issue” that she won through a cross claim.When Wilkinson warned the Ten Network last year that she would file a cross claim for legal costs, her employer initially agreed it was liable to indemnify her against an award of damages or costs and for “reasonable legal costs”.
“In all circumstances it was reasonable for Ms Wilkinson to retain separate lawyers,’’ Justice Lee said in February, 2024.However, the fine detail of how much Ten would pay had to wait until the outcome of the case, with Channel 10 ultimately winning the truth defence, with Bruce Lehrmann declared a rapist on the balance of probabilities.
The new trove of court documents also reveals the TV host had a $100,000 annual wardrobe allowance, which was then slashed to $40,000 after November 18, 2022, when she was “removed” as a regular host onIn a briefing note prepared for Ten’s legal team, Ms McGarvey details a “challenging” call she had with the network star on June 7, 2023.“She was almost immediately upset and started talking about legal fees and how she would have to sell her house.
She then said was shocked that her employer refused to publicly detail the advice upon which she was acting. “As to the applicant’s costs liability to Ms Wilkinson, his claim having failed, then in the normal course costs would follow the event, meaning he is liable in respect of Ms Wilkinson’s costs.
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