Journalist Lisa Wilkinson has told a court her qualified privilege defence was wrongly rejected in ex-Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation case, arguing the trial judge focused too heavily on the Network Ten’s reporting of the difficulties Brittany Higgins faced in reporting the rape at the centre of the case.
Network Ten has attacked the “perversity” of ex-Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann’s argument that a judge’s finding that he raped former colleague Brittany Higgins should be overturned because the trial judge did not accept every detail of Higgins’ account.
Builder Acciona and consultant AECOM have been named as defendants in a class action on behalf of families of victims of a bus accident in Hunter Valley, NSW, facing allegations they were responsible for the construction and certification of the interchange where it occurred.
Lithium-ion battery recycling company Neometals has defeated a whistleblower suit by a former executive who made a raft of allegations, including IP theft, against its joint venture partner on a project to supply a battery recycling plant to Mercedes-Benz.
After a spat over legal expenses in Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation case, and a final agreement to accept $1.15 million from Ten to cover the costs, presenter Lisa Wilkinson has lost her bid for more costs.
Corporate advisory firm Shaw and Partners is entitled to its full fees for working on a $20.5 million capital raising with ASX-listed tech company NetLinkz, a court has found.
Ten will pay journalist Lisa Wilkinson $1.15 million toward her costs of defending against defamation claims by former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann, who was found by a judge to have raped colleague Brittany Higgins.
The heir to a Queensland concrete empire has been granted access to Neilsen Group’s books following a dispute with her brother over the company’s operations that resulted in her appointment as a director.
Eight months after a judge dismissed a defamation case by Bruce Lehrmann, Network Ten and journalist Lisa Wilkinson are still bickering over her $1.8 million legal bill.
The senior barrister expected to represent Bruce Lehrmann in his appeal of a judgment finding he raped former colleague Brittany Higgins wishes to remain unnamed for now, amid fears of trolling.