Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation case against Network 10 and Lisa Wilkinson is back in court. Here’s what to know

In April last year, Justice Michael Lee found that Bruce Lehrmann, left, was not defamed when Lisa Wilkinson interviewed Brittany Higgins about the case on The Project. Composite: AAP

Bruce Lehrmann’s appeal against the federal court ruling that he was not defamed by Network 10 and Lisa Wilkinson is set to be heard on Wednesday.

In April last year, Justice Michael Lee found that on the balance of probabilities Lehrmann raped former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins in Parliament House in 2019, and that Lehrmann was therefore not defamed when Wilkinson interviewed Higgins about the case on The Project.