Lawyers for Ten and high-profile presenter Lisa Wilkinson return to the Federal Court on Monday amid the fallout from Bruce Lehrmann’s disastrous lawsuit.
Lawyers for Network Ten and high-profile presenter Lisa Wilkinson will return to the Federal Court on Monday amid the financial fallout from Bruce Lehrmann’s failed defamation case.
However, he said Lehrmann should only be on the hook for the costs of the media parties’ unsuccessful fallback defence of qualified privilege on an ordinary basis, which would cover about 70 per cent of their costs.The court has heard Lehrmann has been unemployed since June 2021 and is a law student, and there is a possibility he will be tipped into bankruptcy.
Given the unlikelihood of Wilkinson recovering any costs from Lehrmann, Ten will pay at least some of its employee’s legal bills under an indemnity covering costs “properly incurred and reasonable in amount”. Wilkinson opted to brief her own lawyers to represent her in the case.The referee is expected to be asked to examine “the quantification of costs payable” by Lehrmann following Lee’s order.
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