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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Amanda Meade

Network Ten wants to present ‘fresh evidence’ in the Bruce Lehrmann defamation case. Here’s what to expect

Bruce Lehrmann
Justice Michael Lee was to rule this week on whether former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann was defamed by Lisa Wilkinson’s interview of Brittany Higgins on Network Ten. Photograph: Bianca de Marchi/AAP

The federal court will decide on Tuesday whether to reopen the Bruce Lehrmann defamation case so Network Ten can present fresh evidence, possibly leading to a delay in the judgment which is scheduled for Thursday morning.

The timing of the highly anticipated decision from Justice Michael Lee in Lehrmann v Network Ten & Ors was thrown into doubt on Easter Day when the respondent made a surprise application for an emergency interlocutory hearing.

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