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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Amanda Meade

Bruce Lehrmann claims judge denied him ‘fairness’ in defamation loss as he launches appeal

Bruce Lehrmann outside court
Bruce Lehrmann has filed an appeal against the April judgement in the federal court that rejected his defamation claim against Network Ten and found he raped Brittany Higgins. Photograph: Don Arnold/Getty Images

Bruce Lehrmann claims that he was denied procedural fairness by the judge who rejected his defamation case against Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson.

Lehrmann’s notice of appeal against the April judgment, which found that on the balance of probabilities he raped Brittany Higgins on a minister’s couch in Parliament House in 2019, was lodged at the federal court on Friday.

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