Linda Reynolds has won her bid to subpoena HWL Ebsworth for correspondence with the Commonwealth prior to its $2.4 million settlement Brittany Higgins, as the senator contests Higgins’ characterisation of her decision to refer the settlement to the corruption watchdog as harassment.
Senator Linda Reynolds has admitted she gave incorrect evidence at Bruce Lehrmannâs criminal trial concerning the day he allegedly raped Brittany Higgins, saying it was her âbest recollectionâ at the time.Â
Senator Linda Reynolds has asked the court for leave to issue a subpoena to HWL Ebsworthâs chief executive partner for correspondence leading up to the Commonwealth’s $2.4 million settlement with Brittany Higgins over the governmentâs handling of her rape allegations.Â
Senator Linda Reynolds has faced cross-examination over her messages with accused rapist Bruce Lehrmannâs senior counsel ahead of his criminal trial, with the court hearing the barrister told her âs**t is going to get real soonâ and âkarma comes to those who waitâ.Â
Senator Linda Reynolds has testified that counsel for accused rapist Bruce Lehrmann told her it “wasn’t appropriate” to share the transcript from criminal proceedings against his client, which Reynolds sought to aid in her defence of civil claims by Brittany Higgins.
Senator Linda Reynolds has admitted that she leaked a confidential letter from the Commonwealth’s solicitors to a reporter at The Australian concerning Brittany Higgins’ claims about the handling of her rape allegations, calling the letter’s confidentiality a “legal nicety” that she didn’t understand.
An appeals court has found law firm Squire Patton Boggs breached its contractual obligations but was not grossly negligent after it was dragged into a financial dispute over the $12.5 million refurbishment of a Western Australian gold processing plant.
Engineering firm GR Engineering Services has lost a negligence lawsuit brought against law firm Squire Patton Boggs seeking damages from an alleged breach of contract relating to the $12.5 million refurbishment of a gold processing plant in Davyhurst, Western Australia.