A former Liberal staffer has doubled down on her evidence that Bruce Lehrmann and Brittany Higgins were âtouchyâ with one another on the night she was allegedly raped by Lehrmann, a claim which he has denied.Â
A judge has admonished the Transport Workers Union for relying on test cases to decide compensation for 1,700 ground crew who were sacked during the COVID-19 pandemic, saying it should instead bring a class action.
Brittany Higgins has denied she tried to derail a criminal retrial of former colleague and alleged rapist Bruce Lehrmann in favour of a civil case with a lower standard of proof, as she revealed in court the federal government paid $2.3 million to settle her claims.
Brittany Higgins has been questioned over messages she sent to a friend shortly after she was allegedly raped at Parliament House that are said to contradict her account, with the former Liberal staffer saying she âwasnât readyâ to disclose the truth.
The claims in two class actions alleging fast food giant KFC denied workers rest breaks are substantially similar but not identical, a court has heard, and whether or not the two cases are headed for a battle to survive remains to be seen.
The judge overseeing alleged rapist Bruce Lehrmannâs defamation case against Network Ten and presenter Lisa Wilkinson has deferred a decision about whether accuser Brittany Higgins can be questioned over her speech outside the ACT courthouse after a mistrial was declared in Lehrmannâs criminal case.
Facing cross-examination for the first time in Bruce Lehrmannâs defamation case, former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins has denied she adapted her evidence to suit new information and dismissed the âinsultingâ proposition that she fabricated the alleged rape by Lehrmann out of fear she would lose her job.
Weeks after giving the thumbs up to common fund orders at settlement, the Full Federal Court has been asked to decide whether judges have power to order payment of a commission to class action solicitors — not just funders.
Former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins has given details about her alleged rape by former colleague Bruce Lehrmann in Parliament House, an event she says left her âcompletely disconnected” from herself.
Network Ten has foreshadowed âgraphic and distressingâ evidence from Brittany Higgins, the first of many witnesses that will be called by the broadcaster, including an expert lip reader and toxicologist.