Author adminPosted on Categories Criminal law 1 Comment on Bruce Lehrmann named as accused in Toowoomba rape case
Former parliamentary staffer Bruce Lehrmann, who was accused of raping fellow staffer Brittany Higgins in Parliament House, has been identified as the high-profile man accused of rape in another case.
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Author adminPosted on Categories Criminal law, Legal profession 3 Comments on The drums roll for Drumgold’s legal career
Walter Sofronoff KC’s damning findings against ACT chief prosecutor Shane Drumgold SC could spell the end of Drumgold’s legal career.
This comes after it was reported that Bruce Lehrmann will sue the ACT Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions over his prosecution. The Prosecution was dropped after a hung jury.
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Author adminPosted on Categories Criminal law 2 Comments on Bruce Lehrmann to sue ACT Office of Prosecutions
It has been reported that former Liberal Party staffer Bruce Lehrmann will sue the ACT Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions over his prosecution.
This follows the ACT government receiving the Sofronoff report examining misconduct in the prosecution case which is expected to contain damning findings against Director of Public Prosecutions Shane Drumgold.
The report has not been released to the public, for reasons that have not been fully explained.
Lehrmann alleges that Drumgold attempted to withhold police documents from his defence lawyers, read Higgins’ confidential counselling notes and undermined Lehrmann’s presumption of innocence.
As we have noted, the politicisation of this case has led to this debacle.
Author adminPosted on Categories Criminal law, Defamation, Legal profession 4 Comments on Debacle after Bruce Lehrmann charges dropped
Bruce Lehrmann, the former parliamentary political staffer who was accused of raping a colleague named Brittany Higgins at Parliament House has had all charges dropped again him.
This occurred after the trial had to be postponed because Lisa Wilkinson gave a speech at The Logie Awards, and when the trial finally took place, the jury had to be discharged because of juror misconduct.
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Author adminPosted on Categories Criminal law 6 Comments on Bruce Lehrmann’s rape trial jury discharged
The ACT jury of Bruce Lehrmann’s trial for the alleged rape of former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins has been discharged.
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Author adminPosted on Categories Criminal law 6 Comments on Lisa Wilkinson lawyers up after Logies speech
On Sunday, 19 June 2022, Lisa Wilkinson gave a speech about former Parliamentary staffer Brittany Higgins at The Logie Awards.
At that speech, Wilkinson suggested Higgins was a political problem for the government at the time, and praised and thanked Higgins effusively.
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