Lisa Wilkinson seeks $1.8m in costs from Ten after defending Bruce Lehrmann defamation claim

Lisa Wilkinson is asking for more than $1.8m in indemnity costs from Network Ten arising from their successful defence of Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation claim. Photograph: Dean Lewins/AAP

Lisa Wilkinson is seeking more than $1.8m in indemnity costs from Network Ten after successfully defending the Bruce Lehrmann defamation claim, the federal court has heard.

The former Project presenter hired her own legal counsel, Sue Chrysanthou SC, and won an earlier claim that the network indemnify at least some of the costs.