Forensic gaze of Justice Lee left no one unscathed in Lehrmann defamation case
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Defamation

Forensic gaze of Justice Lee left no one unscathed in Lehrmann defamation case

Bruce Lehrmann,Brittany Higgins and Lisa Wilkinson were all criticised in a defamation judgment that will be required reading for years to come.

  • byDeborah Snow

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‘The Lehrmann imbroglio’:The wry observations of Justice Michael Lee

‘The Lehrmann imbroglio’:The wry observations of Justice Michael Lee

It was an “omnishambles” with a highly unsatisfactory witness at its heart,the Federal Court judge said of Bruce Lehrmann’s unsuccessful defamation case.

  • byMichaela Whitbourn
Lehrmann judgment will bring some comfort to sexual assault victims everywhere
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Defamation

Lehrmann judgment will bring some comfort to sexual assault victims everywhere

The judgment by Justice Michael Lee in finding Bruce Lehrmann was a rapist is a masterpiece of common sense and cut-through.

  • byJacqueline Maley
Bruce Lehrmann defamation case as it happened:Brittany Higgins raped by former staffer,Justice Michael Lee finds

Bruce Lehrmann defamation case as it happened:Brittany Higgins raped by former staffer,Justice Michael Lee finds

Federal Court Justice Michael Lee has dismissed Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation case after finding Ten and Lisa Wilkinson had established on the balance of probabilities that Lehrmann raped Brittany Higgins.

  • byMichaela Whitbourn andSarah McPhee
‘Hell-bent on having sex’:Judge finds Bruce Lehrmann raped Brittany Higgins

‘Hell-bent on having sex’:Judge finds Bruce Lehrmann raped Brittany Higgins

Federal Court Justice Michael Lee has handed down his decision in the former political staffer’s high-stakes defamation case against Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson.

  • byMichaela Whitbourn,Sarah McPhee andPerry Duffin
‘Books will be written’:Judgment day in Lehrmann defamation case
Analysis
Defamation

‘Books will be written’:Judgment day in Lehrmann defamation case

Justice Michael Lee will deliver his decision on Monday in Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation case against Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson.

  • byMichaela Whitbourn
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Spotlight boss Mark Llewellyn in talks to leave Seven

Spotlight boss Mark Llewellyn in talks to leave Seven

The move follows revelations about the tactics used to secure an exclusive interview with former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann.

  • byCalum Jaspan,Jordan Baker andKate McClymont
Police were told Higgins ‘may have been drugged’:Bombshell submissions in Lehrmann case
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Defamation

Police were told Higgins ‘may have been drugged’:Bombshell submissions in Lehrmann case

Brittany Higgins has for the first time made submissions in Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation case,ahead of the decision on Monday.

  • byMichaela Whitbourn
The squalor of buying a scoop undermines good journalism
Editorial
Defamation

The squalor of buying a scoop undermines good journalism

The ever-growing cluster of self-immolation surrounding the Lehrmann case has now remorselessly spread to journalism,thrusting it into the unaccustomed role of guilty bystander while besmirching a profession vitally important to a fairer society.

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So much litigation,so little clarity:The Lehrmann case is a sordid labyrinth
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Defamation

So much litigation,so little clarity:The Lehrmann case is a sordid labyrinth

For so many involved,the grimy details of this defamation trial have strayed far from natural justice.

  • byJacqueline Maley
Seven’s deadly sins:The questionable culture of the network and Mark Llewellyn

Seven’s deadly sins:The questionable culture of the network and Mark Llewellyn

The spotlight has been turned back onto Seven’s current affairs show.

  • byJordan Baker,Kate McClymont andCalum Jaspan