Justice Michael Lee has extracted a grovelling apology from the Channel Ten lawyer who ticked off on Lisa Wilkinson’s infamous Logies speech, with the lawyer now admitting she would not give the same advice again.
Justice Michael Lee has extracted a grovelling apology from the Channel Ten lawyer who ticked off on Lisa Wilkinson ’s infamous Logies speech.
Ten’s chief litigation counsel, Tasha Smithies, leaving the Federal Court in Sydney’s CBD. Picture: Damian Shaw/NCA NewsWire Earlier, Justice Lee read the riot act to Channel Ten for “misleading” comments outside court in the wake of his judgment by suggesting it had been vindicated by the finding that Brittany Higgins was raped without reference to his significant criticisms of the program.“There are various aspects of the conduct of Network Ten which cause me concern,’’ Justice Lee said.
“I don’t consider my examination of the respondents’ conduct to be devoid or divorced of reality in order to involve picking apart and dissecting the respondents conduct by reference to some sort of standard of perfection,” Justice Lee said in response.After the hearing, the Federal Court published Ms Smithies’ affidavit.
“When reading the transcript, in light of the findings in the trial judgment with the benefit of reflection and counsel I’ve taken since delivering the trial judgment, should the same or similar issues arise again, I would approach the matter entirely differently.”, that Mr. Lehrmann had lodged a complaint against her with the New South Wales Legal Services Commissioner.
On Wednesday night, the Federal Court also revealed an email written by Justice Lee’s associate on his behalf to barristers in the case that prompted the affidavits.
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