Bruce Lehrmann enjoyed dinner with friends as one appears to line up white powder.
The chair of an inquiry into the handling of Bruce Lehrmann’s trial has been found to have held apprehended bias against former ACT top prosecutor Shane Drumgold due to extensive contact with a journalist.
A lawyer has accused Lehrmann inquiry chair Walter Sofronoff of seeking to hide communications between himself and News Corp columnist Janet Albrechtsen.
While journalist Lisa Wilkinson won a big concession from her employer in court,the scandal she has become embroiled in is far from over.
The judge presiding over Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation case said it was reasonable for the former host of The Project to obtain separate lawyers to Ten in fighting the lawsuit.
The lawyer for Lehrmann inquiry chair Walter Sofronoff,KC,denied his client gave preferential treatment to The Australian columnist during the judicial probe.
Dan O’Gorman SC said during extensive “off-the-record” contact,Janet Albrechtsen even flew to Brisbane to have lunch with Walter Sofronoff KC at a restaurant of his choosing.
A lawyer for former top ACT prosecutor Shane Drumgold says the head of the inquiry into the handling of Bruce Lehrmann’s rape trial spent more than seven hours on the phone to the newspaper.
Glenn Logan has been summoned to the Federal Court in February after allegedly breaking a ban on rebroadcasting its YouTube livestream of the Bruce Lehrmann defamation case.
The search for a YouTuber who drew the ire of the judge in Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation case against Lisa Wilkinson has led sleuths to a Melbourne man.
The revelation came as the Lehrmann inquiry chair was ordered by a court to hand over any communications regarding a since-cancelled appearance at an event.