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Duncan Murray

Lehrmann lawyers to receive no payment for failed case

Bruce Lehrmann had an agreement with lawyers that meant he only had to pay them if he won. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

The legal firm behind Bruce Lehrmann's failed defamation lawsuit will receive no payment for more than a year of work on the high-stakes case after agreeing to a "no win, no fee" deal with the alleged rapist.

A Federal Court hearing was told on Wednesday the former Liberal staffer also had no third-party financial backers in his long-running suit against Network Ten and journalist Lisa Wilkinson.

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