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James Ashby's $4.5m legal bill blows out

James Ashby has lost his battle to recover legal costs and now has to pay the Commonwealth more. (AAP)

The $4.54 million legal bill One Nation leader Pauline Hanson's chief of staff has to pay the Commonwealth has blown out following a failed appeal in the Federal Court.

James Ashby had been seeking a grace payment from the federal finance department to recover his costs in his settled court case against former parliamentary speaker Peter Slipper.

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