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Former Australian gov’t staffer raped colleague in Parliament, judge finds: Bruce Lehrmann loses defamation claim against broadcaster and journalist over 2021 ...
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Former Australian gov’t staffer raped colleague in Parliament, judge finds
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Accused rapist who tried to clear his name loses blockbuster defamation trial against TV network
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Accused rapist who tried to clear his name loses blockbuster defamation ...
Quick Glance: How Justice Michael Lee unraveled the Higgins-Lehrmann 'Omnishambles'
  • Justice Michael Lee meticulously unpicked the complex allegations in the Lehrmann-Higgins case with sharp clarity and meticulous precision.

  • Lee assessed the truth question separately for the rape and cover-up allegations, finding the former proven and the latter not.

  • He criticized Ten, Wilkinson, and her team for inadequate research efforts and found the testimonies of Lehrmann and Higgins unconvincing.

  • Lee's judgment provides valuable insights for future defamation and sexual assault prosecutions as well as for media practice.
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‘Deliberately wicked and calculated’: Ten pursues Lehrmann for costs: Network Ten said in written submissions that the former Liberal staffer had put it “to the ...
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‘Deliberately wicked and calculated’: Ten pursues Lehrmann for costs
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Linda Reynolds welcomes Brittany Higgins's 'olive branch', but says she will continue with defamation trial
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Linda Reynolds welcomes Brittany Higgins's 'olive branch' ...
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The Bruce Lehrmann defamation verdict is in, but Brittany Higgins and Linda Reynolds are still fighting
abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/brittany-higgins-david-sharaz-linda-reynolds-defamation-action/103755670
The Bruce Lehrmann defamation verdict is in, but Brittany Higgins and ...
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Prominent defamation lawyer Sue Chrysanthou to represent Benjamin Cohen in Network Seven Bondi Junction stabbing misidentification 
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Prominent defamation lawyer Sue Chrysanthou to represent Benjamin Cohen in ...
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Lisa Wilkinson won in court, but is this the end of her TV career?: The Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial is finally behind her, so what can one of TV’s ...
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Lisa Wilkinson won in court, but is this the end of her TV career?
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Man misidentified as Bondi Junction killer hires lawyers to sue Seven: A 20-year-old man wrongly identified by the embattled Seven Network as the Bondi Junction ...
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Man misidentified as Bondi Junction killer hires lawyers to sue Seven
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Seven’s deadly sins: Network’s troubles pile up after Lehrmann ruling: Multiple defamation threats, a legal costs loss and a humiliating blunder ...
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Seven’s deadly sins: Network’s troubles pile up after Lehrmann ruling
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The judgement in the Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial will be handed down today. This is what's at stake for each party
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The judgement in the Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial will be handed down ...
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A rape took place in Parliament, judge rules in case that consumed Australia: After Brittany Higgins accused her colleague Bruce Lehrmann of rape ...
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A rape took place in Parliament, judge rules in case that consumed ...
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Linda Reynolds says Lehrmann defamation judgement 'set record straight' on claims of cover-up
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Linda Reynolds says Lehrmann defamation judgement 'set record straight' on ...
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Cost of Bruce Lehrmann's failed defamation case against Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson set to be astronomically high
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Cost of Bruce Lehrmann's failed defamation case against Network Ten and ...
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Bruce Lehrmann spotted at former chief justice’s Point Piper mansion: The former Liberal staffer was spent time at the Point Piper home of late chief justice ...
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Bruce Lehrmann spotted at former chief justice’s Point Piper mansion
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Australian court to rule on defamation suit in parliament rape case: An Australian court will rule on Monday in a defamation suit brought by a former government ...
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Australian court to rule on defamation suit in parliament rape case
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In the game of defamation poker, Lehrmann has gone all in – and we’ve already seen his hand
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In the game of defamation poker, Lehrmann has gone all in – and we’ve ...
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Police were told Higgins ‘may have been drugged’: Bombshell submissions in Lehrmann case
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Police were told Higgins ‘may have been drugged’: Bombshell submissions in ...
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Taylor Auerbach's lawyer argues Bruce Lehrmann's 'silence was deafening' in response to new evidence in defamation case
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Taylor Auerbach's lawyer argues Bruce Lehrmann's 'silence was deafening' ...
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How might new evidence heard in the Federal Court this week impact the outcome of Bruce Lehrmann's defamation trial?
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How might new evidence heard in the Federal Court this week impact the ...
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Bruce Lehrmann's defamation case hears evidence from former Seven Network producer Taylor Auerbach in Federal Court
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Bruce Lehrmann's defamation case hears evidence from former Seven Network ...
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Excerpts of unpublished memoir by Brittany Higgins tendered in Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial documents
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Excerpts of unpublished memoir by Brittany Higgins tendered in Bruce ...
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Court told Brittany Higgins colluded with Lisa Wilkinson to ‘attack’ Linda Reynolds, as defamation case heads for trial
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Court told Brittany Higgins colluded with Lisa Wilkinson to ‘attack’ Linda ...
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Network Ten's last-minute application to introduce new evidence in Bruce Lehrmann's defamation case could delay judgement
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Network Ten's last-minute application to introduce new evidence in Bruce ...
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Bruce Lehrmann hit with legal threat from ex-Seven producer over masseuse denial: Taylor Auerbach, a former producer on Seven’s Spotlight program ...
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Bruce Lehrmann hit with legal threat from ex-Seven producer over masseuse ...
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Peter FitzSimons seeks costs from Bruce Lehrmann in defamation fight: The author and columnist is married to high-profile presenter Lisa Wilkinson ...
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Peter FitzSimons seeks costs from Bruce Lehrmann in defamation fight
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Higgins’ $2.4 million settlement deed under scrutiny ahead of Lehrmann judgment: Federal Court Justice Michael Lee is preparing to deliver his decision in Bruce ...
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Higgins’ $2.4 million settlement deed under scrutiny ahead of Lehrmann ...
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Brittany Higgins, Bruce Lehrmann and the 45 minutes at the centre of his defamation fight
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Brittany Higgins, Bruce Lehrmann and the 45 minutes at the centre of his ...
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Brittany Higgins taken to Perth hospital after marathon court hearing: Former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins was taken to hospital on Tuesday night following a ...
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Brittany Higgins taken to Perth hospital after marathon court hearing
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Submissions from Bruce Lehrmann's lawyers say Brittany Higgins's evidence inconsistent with Commonwealth deed version of events
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Submissions from Bruce Lehrmann's lawyers say Brittany Higgins's evidence ...
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Watch live: Lisa Wilkinson has major win in bruising fight with Ten over legal bill
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Watch live: Lisa Wilkinson has major win in bruising fight with Ten over ...
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Pesutto to argue exiled Liberal Deeming has damaged her own reputation: The opposition leader will face his former MP in court over her defamation claim ...
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Pesutto to argue exiled Liberal Deeming has damaged her own reputation