It’s been more than two years since Bruce Lehrmann filed a defamation suit in the federal court, sparking a high-profile trial which made Justice Michael Lee somewhat of a legal celebrity. But the man with the much-admired turn of phrase was “not going to have any further disputation” when asked to rule this week on whether Network Ten should pay Lisa Wilkinson’s legal costs.
“I’m not having anything more to do with it,” Lee told counsel for Network Ten and Wilkinson on Wednesday. “I’m finished with this matter.”
