The judge who presided over Bruce Lehrmann’s high-stakes defamation case is set to deliver his decision on legal costs.
The judge who presided over Bruce Lehrmann’s multimillion-dollar defamation case is set to deliver his decision on the legal costs Lehrmann will be ordered to cover after losing the lawsuit.
Ten had urged Lee to award indemnity costs, arguing that Lehrmann brought the defamation case “on a deliberately wicked and calculated basis”. Ten said in written submissions that the litigation could be described, “with the benefit of hindsight … as a clear abuse of process aimed at concealing the truth that Mr Lehrmann raped Ms Higgins”.
The Federal Court heard on Wednesday that Lehrmann had a no-win, no-fee arrangement with his own lawyers, under which he was not obliged to pay their costs unless he won the case.Wilkinson, who helmed the interview with Higgins, briefed separate lawyers to represent her in the case, although the court has heard that Ten’s lawyers took the lead on the parties’ successful truth defence.
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