One of the first matters Justice Michael Lee dealt with in the Federal Court on Friday was Lisa Wilkinson’s civil suit against her employer, Network Ten.

She is suing the network over more than $700,000 worth of legal fees, which she accrued because she hired top defamation barrister Sue Chrysanthou to represent her in Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation case.

The matter was originally filed in the NSW Supreme Court, but it was moved to the Federal Court because it’s directly related Mr Lehrmann’s matter – which is already before Justice Lee.

On Friday morning, Justice Lee told the court he would hear Wilkinson’s matter after the defamation proceedings concluded.

Mr Lehrmann’s matter was originally against Network Ten and the ABC, and was set down for three-and-a-half weeks.

The ABC settled with Mr Lehrmann before the hearing began.

‘Because the ABC claim has settled, I don’t think we’ll need all the evidence that was originally anticipated,’ the judge said.

He told the court the defamation trial would likely conclude in about two weeks.

The matter is listed for final hearing at 10.15am on December 14.



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