Bruce Lehrmann revealed as man charged with two counts of rape in Toowoomba

[Pie eyed]

Bruce Lehrmann did not have secret financial backers funding his failed defamation case against Network 10 and Lisa Wilkinson, a court has heard.

Bruce Lehrmann did not have secret financial backers funding his failed defamation case against Network 10 and Lisa Wilkinson, a court has heard this morning.

As part of their efforts to recover their legal costs from Lehrmann, Network 10 was allowed to issue a notice to produce aimed at finding out if the ex-Liberal staffer had financial backers.

In answer to the notice to produce, Lehrmann’s solicitor told the court that there was no agreement between Lehrmann and any other parties to pay his lawyers’ fees.

“There is none such agreement, there is only an agreement between my firm and the applicant,” Mr Svilans said.

“That agreement makes no reference to any third party.”

Justice Lee added that the agreement stated that Lehrmann only had to pay his lawyers if he won the lawsuit.

(i.e. a no win no fee agreement)

“So it was a conditional costs agreement whereby there’s no obligation to pay the amount of costs in event the proceedings were unsuccessful,” Justice Lee told the court.

Justice Lee will now hand down a decision on the payment of Network 10 and Ms Wilkinson’s legal bills - and he is due to hand down his costs judgment on Friday afternoon at 2.15pm.

Justice Lee previously told the court late that there would be a costs order in Ten’s favour.

This is likely to be the last court hearting on the Lehrmann defamation trial, unless he goes ahead with an appeal (highly unlikely).

He has lost his defamation action and his legal team - whose fees must be close to $1m - have born the financial cost of that failure. Not sure where Channel Ten will get payment from either, assuming Lehrmann has spent the $455,000 he got from reaching settlement with the ABC and NewsCorp.

Lehrmann’s no-win, no-fee agreement with lawyers revealed in court

Network Ten sought access to documents revealing whether the former Liberal staffer had financial assistance in bringing his multimillion-dollar defamation case.

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Stokes and 7 are paying his costs, no matter what some alleged"agreement" says.
No defamation lawyer works for free ever nor would make such a ridiculous deal with a defamation client.

It's not an insurance claim. The fact the firm made claim this claim to a court should see them deregistered and the individuals disbarred.

 

[Blightys Barrel]

Agree with all of this. I think there was a cover up, to some extent.

Look at the fact that the Commonwealth settled with Higgins for circa
2.4 Mil.

They didn’t do that for nothing. There must have been a reason she was compensated.

On point 5 - I thought that Big Chungus had been done for forgetting his security pass before. And so it’s was 2 strikes and your out.

 

[BFew]

Stokes and 7 are paying his costs, no matter what some alleged"agreement" says.

You mean similar to Lehrmann's 12 month luxury pad residential lease agreement, that had Lehrmann liable for paying it, despite Seven making all the payments on it in a different agreement between Seven and Lehrmann?

 

[Festerz]

Good thing I don't believe SkyNews.

 

[BFew]

Good thing I don't believe SkyNews.

And Margaret Cunneen has reportedly offered to help too.

https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/guy-reynolds-sc-to-represent-bruce-lehrmann-in-defamation-appeal/video/8328b7d1bd2844df9c55ca9665f02bf2

'He has reportedly hired leading appeals specialist Guy Reynolds SC to represent him.'

'“Former state prosecutor turned criminal defence barrister Margaret Cunneen has offered her assistance on the criminal aspects of any potential appeal."'

 

[Festerz]

And Margaret Cunneen has reportedly offered to help too.

https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/guy-reynolds-sc-to-represent-bruce-lehrmann-in-defamation-appeal/video/8328b7d1bd2844df9c55ca9665f02bf2

'He has reportedly hired leading appeals specialist Guy Reynolds SC to represent him.'

'“Former state prosecutor turned criminal defence barrister Margaret Cunneen has offered her assistance on the criminal aspects of any potential appeal."'

All these silks willing to work for a (alleged) rapist for nothing.

I imagine there must be dozens of leading barristers lining up to work for victims of rape for free too then, eh?

(edit- I know, I know - the prosecution in criminal cases is led by the state/Crown).

 

[DapperDon]

It's amazing how many top legal eagles are coming out to work for free to help poor little Bruce.

It's almost like people in power are calling in favours or something.......

 

[western royboy]

And Margaret Cunneen has reportedly offered to help too.

https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/guy-reynolds-sc-to-represent-bruce-lehrmann-in-defamation-appeal/video/8328b7d1bd2844df9c55ca9665f02bf2

'He has reportedly hired leading appeals specialist Guy Reynolds SC to represent him.'

'“Former state prosecutor turned criminal defence barrister Margaret Cunneen has offered her assistance on the criminal aspects of any potential appeal."'

Margaret Cunneen…google her

 

[western royboy]

It's amazing how many top legal eagles are coming out to work for free to help poor little Bruce.

It's almost like people in power are calling in favours or something.......

IPA

 

[western royboy]

All these silks willing to work for a (alleged) rapist for nothing.

I imagine there must be dozens of leading barristers lining up to work for victims of rape for free too then, eh?

(edit- I know, I know - the prosecution in criminal cases is led by the state/Crown).

The cab rank principle, blah, blah - they’re fooling no one

 

[Brian Oblivion]

The cab rank principle, blah, blah - they’re fooling no one

Well they're fooling me. I just don't get it. I must be very dumb.

 

[Festerz]

The cab rank principle, blah, blah - they’re fooling no one

Some lawyers even feel the need to put it as a byline in their social profiles to remind us all

 

[Pie eyed]

The cab rank principle, blah, blah - they’re fooling no one

"as long as they are suitably remunerated"

 

[Saint]

If I work at a morgue and make a rule that says my profession has to help dump a body "no questions asked" whenever somebody asks, it doesn't mean it's a good thing or absolves my conscience.

Lawyers love to believe that they're special and doing awful things is just what they have to do because justice is so important to them. Really, they've got that rule to bypass the fact they have no collective conscience and like playing dress-ups.

 

[The Punter]

Or they can tweet in a way that ensures at least 50% of the population would never knock on their door under any circumstances ever.

There are worse things, however.

 

[Festerz]

Lawyers love to believe that they're special and doing awful things is just what they have to do because justice is so important to them. Really, they've got that rule to bypass the fact they have no collective conscience and like playing dress-ups.

That's very harsh.

99% of lawyers give the rest a bad name. (credit Steven Wright)

 

[blueboy25]

If I couldn't remember being sexually assaulted and my workplace denied be being able to see footage of what might have happened to me unless I was pressing charges, I'd be upset too.

I'm not saying this is Reynolds doing anything wrong, but another sign of a terrible system at work against the victim. Why would you deny a drunk victim the right to view what might have happened to them. And how can Parliament as an employer deny their employee access to that vision, regardless of AFP involvement?

Did Reynolds and the Government not have the ability to help Higgins see what had happened to her?

Reynolds' behaviour continues to be punitive, in my opinion, which suggests she likely wouldn't have lifted a finger to help in the past either.

I would guess that Lehrman would really want to appeal the ruling so that it can't be presented as fact in his Toowoomba criminal trial. But with having to pay the legal fees as penalty, he'll be broke. Nobody will take it on as no-win no-fee and surely even Channel 7 would have to stay out of it.

He'll have a hard enough time funding his criminal defence, let alone the criminal defence as well as a Supreme Court appeal. But without the Supreme Court appeal, the criminal defence would have all sorts of problems.

Their first thought is not how can we help and make it better for Higgins, its how can we help and make it better for the LNP.

 

[Festerz]

Former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann has been ordered to pay a significant portion of Ten and Lisa Wilkinson’s multimillion-dollar legal costs after a judge found the former Liberal staffer had sued the network and its former star presenter for defamation on a “fanciful” and “knowingly false” premise, saying he engaged in an “abuse of the court’s processes, ran a case based on falsities & put Network 10 to the cost of defending a baseless proceeding”

That's one expensive hat.

But the raping basterd will claim bankruptcy and is unlikely to pay a cent - perhaps Channel 7 can help him out. Or maybe some of his old mates?

 

[BFew]

Former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann has been ordered to pay a significant portion of Ten and Lisa Wilkinson’s multimillion-dollar legal costs after a judge found the former Liberal staffer had sued the network and its former star presenter for defamation on a “fanciful” and “knowingly false” premise, saying he engaged in an “abuse of the court’s processes, ran a case based on falsities & put Network 10 to the cost of defending a baseless proceeding”

That's one expensive hat.

But the raping basterd will claim bankruptcy and is unlikely to pay a cent - perhaps Channel 7 can help him out. Or maybe some of his old mates?

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Big Tobacco: What the Minister for Vaping and Lehrmann have in common.

 

[Saint]

Can we call him a bankrupt rapist now, or do we have to wait for him to file?

I guess some old dinosaur who believes Bruce was hard done by will lend him an apartment and some women and drugs for 7 years.

 

[blueboy25]

Can we call him a bankrupt rapist now, or do we have to wait for him to file?

I guess some old dinosaur who believes Bruce was hard done by will lend him an apartment and some women and drugs for 7 years.

Could he move in with Alan Jones or is Bruce too old?

 

[Festerz]

Big Tobacco: What the Minister for Vaping and Lehrmann have in common.

The fact is that the Nationals are the last major party in Australia to still accept political donations from the tobacco industry.

So no surprises that's where a Toowoomba boy like Bruce would find work once he was turfed from his job with Linda Reynolds following the 2019 Parliament House rape.

That job fell over when the allegations of the rape (without naming Lehrmann) were made public in the media in February 2021 and a journalist rang his employer (British American Tobacco) saying that Lehrmann was the un-named person referenced in the story.

 

[Harro59]

Can we call him a bankrupt rapist now, or do we have to wait for him to file?

I guess some old dinosaur who believes Bruce was hard done by will lend him an apartment and some women and drugs for 7 years.

You can also add to this his former landlord coming after him for $100k as well.

So assuming he will definitely declare bankruptcy now.

How will he finance his defence in Toowoomba?

 

[Festerz]

"By all accounts, Lehrmann is jobless, homeless and lacking in significant means to pay Ten’s costs"

 

[Festerz]

So-called men’s rights activist and conservative darling Bettina Arndt AO passed the hat around for accommodation, cash and new friends for rapist Bruce Lehrmann. She still claims Lehrmann is the victim but says she has stopped short of chipping in for his legal defence.

Bettina Arndt passed hat around for accommodation, cash and new friends for Bruce Lehrmann | The Weekly Beast

So-called men’s rights activist claims Lehrmann is a victim but says she stopped short of chipping in for his legal defence. Plus: SMH columnists at war

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