Inside Bruce Lehrmann’s dramatic appeal hearing
Bruce Lehrmann’s lawyer, the first day of a high -bet objection to the loss of harmful slander case, the first thing he did when he entered the Federal Court on Wednesday, was to apologize.
Zali Burrows told the court that the Network 10 and Lisa Wilkinson were not as senior and equipped as the silk team on the other side of the bar table and were not prepared.
During a two -day hearing, the three Federal Court, which controls the allegations of the former liberal employee that “procedural justice” were not achieved, made many grilled and questioned by justice.
Justice Michael Lee filed a lawsuit for Lehrmann’s project interview with Brittany Higgins in February 2021 in February 2021.
During the publication, in 2019, a ministry claimed that the Assembly building was raped by a male colleague within a ministerial package.
In his judiciary, Justice Lee said Lee was tried at the ACT Supreme Court after claiming that he was not guilty of a number of sexual intercourse before.
The criminal proceedings resulted in a mistake due to the Jury’s abuse and Public Prosecutor’s Office Director.
“Mr. Lehrmann, who escaped from Lions, made the mistake of returning to his hat,” Justice Lee said.
However, for the second time, Lehrmann returned for his hat and objected to the Federal Court’s full bank.
Following the loss in the Federal court, ten and Wilkinson were ordered to pay $ 2 million for their legal costs.
The court previously heard that Ten and Wilkinson had expected to spend about $ 500,000 for appeal.
At that time, they asked Lehrmann to collect a bail of $ 200,000 to continue the objection.
However, Lehrmann fought successfully in this application, the court was said to be an unemployed student at that time and could not find such money.
Justice Wendy Abraham allowed him to continue his objection without bail.
Lehrmann objected to four reasons. However, Ms. Burrows’ argument was boiled to the claim that Justice Lee’s findings were different from the case put forward by Ten and Wilkinson during the case that broke the box office records.
I am sorry
Mrs. Burrows, a Sydney -based criminal lawyer, apologized to the court on Wednesday morning because she could not hold a lawyer for the appeal of Lehrmann and opened the proceedings.
He told the court that Lehrmann was aiming to engage with the attorney Guy Reynolds SC, but he could not meet him.
Im I would like to apologize to your honor on behalf of my client before I start, and you have no senior lawyers before you. ”
“Mr. Lehrmann could not meet Mr. Reynolds we really wanted, so we already apologize.”
After saying that there is no need to apologize, he added: “I’m not as prepared as my friends, but I will only do my best.”
Burrows was not part of the legal team for Lehrmann’s law at the end of 2023 for the criminal proceedings or slander trial, and only after appealing the issue.
Ten’s lawyer Matt Collins Kc and Wilkinson’s silk Sue Chrysanthou, slander experts were specified and were part of the long -standing hearing in the federal court.
‘I don’t understand logic’
During the hearing, Mrs. Burrows argued that if Lehrmann was aware of the version of the events in the findings of Justice Lee, he could önemli he could do the case differently ”.
The three judges panel questioned their arguments and expressed confusion.
Burows, “In general, Mr. Lehrmann’ın Mr. Lehrmann’a version of the version of the initially put to him, we say that the case could be done in a different way,” he said.
Justice Michael Wigney replied: “How?”
Burrows: “Depending on certain claims, witnesses could be named.”
Wigney: “We are talking about what happened when the ministry is alone, so let’s put aside the call of other witnesses. How could he carry out his case differently?”
Burrows: “Your honor, we’re going back to it, let’s say, there was a version of things that were loudly playing music and screaming or something else, then he could call…”
Mrs. Burrows later recalled that she entered the assumptions and did not make such a claim.
Mrs. Burrows found that most of the allegations made by the judges Ten’s claims were founded beyond a reasonable suspicion of Wilkinson and Higgins.
“There are other things that cannot be found, Bur Burrows said.
Orum I don’t understand the logic of this presentation, Just Justice Craig Colvin replied.
On the second day of the hearing, Ms. Burrows argued that Justice Lee filed a new case ..
Justice Michael Wigney, “What a new case? What a new case for me?”
Mrs. Burrows argued that Lehrmann was allegedly allegedly rape rape ”to her colleague.
He continued: “Honor found a completely different case like a soft rape using the expression.”
Im I don’t think your honor says anything about a violent rape or a soft rape.
Ms. Burrows also said that the court was a “consolation prize” because all of the claims of Justice Lee, Ten and Wilkinson were proved beyond a reasonable suspicion.
Ten and Wilkinson are back
In his written presentations, Dr Collins rejected Mrs. Burrows’ argument, saying that the parties accepted the argument of the parties before the hearing that the relevant problem on the defense of the justification raped Ms. Higgins in the Parliament Building in 2019 ”.
Ms. Chrysanthou argued that she could not accept how drunk she was that night after she visited Ms. Higgins’s colleagues.
Chrysanthou said on Wednesday, even if Mrs. Higgins (and proof) is not accepted… We say that a young man who knows that a woman is very drunk can not consent at this day and age, ”he said.
“This is not a legal question, but in a standard of this community.
“This is something that people of this day and age know and accept people, especially the people in their 20s, as in 2019.”
‘Are you ok?’
Mrs. Burrows made repeated attempts to give a postponement rejected by judges who listen to the appeal.
In the afternoon of Thursday, Ms. Higgins made a post to social media and added the screenshot of a message here: “It would be funny if it wasn’t so serious.”
Ms. Burrows ended the hearing, claiming that no journalist waiting outside the court complex for Lehrmann was good.
“When Mr. Lawman left the court today, I am sure that any journalist behind the court or lower floor will not be a good thing to say to him, Bur said Burrows.
“And don’t even ask, are you okay?”
Justice Colvin said, “Is this a conversation or this is an application?”
While leaving the court zone in the afternoon Thursday, Lehrmann was actually asked whether he was good by a journalist.
He didn’t answer the questions.
Justice Wigney, Colvin and Abraham will make decisions on a later date.
