What constitutes consent,and what can be used as evidence about whether it was given,has been contested fiercely in Australia since 2015. Justice Michael Lee’s nuanced comments on rape myths could prove a turning point.
Brittany Higgins has made her first public comments about the defamation case over her rape in Parliament House in 2019.
Justice Michael Lee “trudged unyieldingly” through CCTV footage,phone logs,bank records,receipts – and hours of testimony. This is how he arrived at his ruling that Bruce Lehrmann raped Brittany Higgins.
Bruce Lehrmann has gone from cause celebre to disgrace. Along the way he has managed to damage and hurt many lives and reputations.
Bruce Lehrmann,Brittany Higgins and Lisa Wilkinson were all criticised in a defamation judgment that will be required reading for years to come.
It was an “omnishambles” with a highly unsatisfactory witness at its heart,the Federal Court judge said of Bruce Lehrmann’s unsuccessful defamation case.
The judgment by Justice Michael Lee in finding Bruce Lehrmann was a rapist is a masterpiece of common sense and cut-through.
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.
Justice Michael Lee will deliver his decision on Monday in Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation case against Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson.
The safe Liberal margin in the electorate of Cook and lack of a Labor candidate meant Simon Kennedy claimed almost 63 per cent of the primary vote in Saturday’s byelection.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will put a new law to federal parliament that promises a “future made in Australia” in a bid to define the economic agenda at the next election.