Bruce Lehrmann

Bruce Lehrmann has applied to the High Court in a bid to overturn the judgments in his long-running defamation dispute with Network Ten.

Australians still divide rape into categories: the “real” rape of a stranger in a dark alley, and everything else, which gets downgraded to regret or miscommunication.

Bruce Lehrmann seeks to overturn finding he raped Brittany Higgins, with the logic of his grounds of appeal questioned.

Bruce Lehrmann will have the opportunity to appeal the Federal Court’s judgement from April that found, on the balance of probabilities, he raped Brittany Higgins in 2019.

Justice Lee’s trauma-informed judgment was a masterclass on the correct approach to the truth defence, writes Jennifer Robinson and Keio Yoshida.

The text messages between The Australian columnist Janet Albrechtsen and former Queensland judge Walter Sofronoff prior to the release of his report in July last year have been released by the ACT Supreme Court.

Former Prime Minister Scott Morrison has given evidence in the WA Supreme Court for Linda Reynolds in her defamation lawsuit against Brittany Higgins.

Bruce Lehrmann has been committed to stand trial on two counts of rape, a magistrate ruled on Thursday morning.

Bruce Lehrmann arrived at a Toowoomba court Monday morning for a committal hearing into allegations he raped a woman in 2021. 

Twenty-four hours after the Lehrmann v Network Ten defamation trial judgment was delivered, an article emerged called “The Presumption of Guilt”.

There are no real winners, but there is one big loser: Bruce Lehrmann, who had the confidence and hubris to believe his lies would be enough.

Justice Michael Lee’s judgment on the Lehrmann v Network Ten defamation trial has been hailed by consent advocates.