Almost a year after the Reynolds v Higgins defamation trial wrapped, the verdict is due

A court heard evidence in August and September 2024 that spanned the five-year period from when Brittany Higgins was allegedly raped in the ministerial office of Linda Reynolds to the week of the trial in Perth. Composite: AAP

Almost a year after the five-week defamation trial between Linda Reynolds and her former staffer Brittany Higgins wrapped up, a Western Australian supreme court judge is due to hand down his verdict.

The judge will weigh up the five weeks of evidence presented over August and September 2024, to determine whether Higgins defamed Reynolds, formerly a federal WA Liberal senator, in social media posts in 2022 and 2023.