Bruce Lehrmann

2022 - 4 - 29

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Bruce Lehrmann set to stand trial as bid to halt case over alleged ... (Illawarra Mercury)

His application for a stay of criminal proceedings relating to allegations of a rape at Parliament House has...

These days, I cover the ACT and Queanbeyan courts. These days, I cover the ACT and Queanbeyan courts. After stints in New Zealand, the UK and the Canary Islands, I returned to Australia in 2018.

Trial of man accused of sexually assaulting former Liberal staffer ... (9News)

Bruce Lehrmann is accused of sexually assaulting Ms Higgins inside a Parliament House office in 2019. He ha...

Trial of Brittany Higgins' alleged rapist going ahead (The Sydney Morning Herald)

Former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann will face a jury in the ACT Supreme Court on June 6, charged with sexual intercourse without consent, an allegation to ...

“Secondly, the order sought would be impossible to enforce. “For a variety of reasons, the matter has attracted a considerable amount of public attention. “He contends that the damaging publicity is of such a nature that nothing a trial judge can do in the conduct of the trial can relieve against the unfair consequences of that publicity.”

ACT Supreme Court dismisses application to halt trial of man ... (ABC News)

The trial of the man accused of raping former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins inside Parliament House in 2019 will go ahead as planned after the ACT ...

In her judgement, Chief Justice Lucy McCallum said Mr Lehrmann had sought the permanent stay on the grounds it would be impossible for the court to find 12 impartial jurors because of publicity surrounding his case. Mr Lehrmann's lawyer also applied for a take-down order to be imposed on media outlets that had run stories about the case, and that the media be banned from publishing any material about the accused or the complainant. - He had sought a permanent stay on the grounds it would be impossible for the court to find 12 impartial jurors because of publicity surrounding the case

Major decision on Brittany Higgins case (NEWS.com.au)

But in handing down her judgment at 4pm on Friday in the ACT Supreme Court, Chief Justice Lucy McCallum dismissed the application for a permanent or temporary ...

“The question is one of the appropriate method of regulation,” she said. “Even if the relief sought were granted, it would not result in the cleansing of the internet of all material concerning the complainant’s allegations, as the accused himself accepts,” she said. Chief Justice McCallum said the application for the injunction on the media reporting was “problematic”. “Secondly, he contends that the damaging publicity is of such a nature that nothing a trial judge can do in the conduct of the trial can relieve against the unfair consequences of that publicity.” “First the accused contends that the scope of the publicity is such that it will be impossible for the court to find 12 impartial jurors,” Chief Justice McCallum said. “For a variety of reasons the matter has attracted a considerable amount of public attention,” she said.

Judge dismisses bid in Higgins rape case (Blue Mountains Gazette)

A man accused of raping Brittany Higgins has been denied a bid to halt his prosecution. ACT Supreme Court Chief Justice Lucy McCallum on Friday refused the ...

Lehrmann was committed to stand trial in the ACT Supreme Court for allegedly raping then Liberal staffer Ms Higgins in an office inside Parliament House in March 2019. "I am not persuaded that the material which the evidence establishes remains on the internet is of a kind that cannot be addressed by appropriate direction to the jury," Chief Justice McCallum wrote in her judgment. ACT Supreme Court Chief Justice Lucy McCallum on Friday refused the application for a permanent or temporary stay made by Bruce Lehrmann's lawyers.