Lisa Wilkinson Brittany Higgins speech

Channel 10 has pledged support for high-profile presenter Lisa Wilkinson after she derailed Brittany Higgins' rape trial with her Logies speech.

In Wilkinson's Logie acceptance speech she made reference to Brittany Higgins and her story to just shy of one million viewers Dr Collins said Wilkinson's comments and the media attention the case has garnered has made it exponentially harder for members of the jury to apply the presumption of innocence and focus solely on the evidence given in the trial. 'Seeing as the judge told the media not to comment on the Brittany Higgins case will Lisa Wilkinson now be charged with contempt of court and will she be suspended from Channel 10? President of Australian Bar Association, Dr Matthew Collins said Wilkinson may be in legal trouble as her comments had the 'tendency to interfere with the administration of justice' 'It's certainly possible that the authorities will be looking at the speech that she made to the Logies and assessing that speech against the standard which applies in this branch of the law and that standard is did anything she do have a tendency to interfere with the administration of justice,' he said. While Wilkinson could be charged with contempt of court for her actions, the network jumped to her defence.

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“The public at large is given to believe guilt is established. “The concern is that potential members of the jury whose job is to apply the presumption of innocence and to focus on the evidence in the trial might be influenced by things they’ve been exposed to in the media and in social media.” “It’s certainly possible that the authorities will be looking at the speech that she made to the Logies and assessing that speech against the standard which applies in this branch of the law,” the barrister told Sunrise on Wednesday. “You would hope that whenever the media is contemplating running a story about a serious criminal trial which is about to begin, they would be attune to the potential risks,” he added. “Unsurprisingly, the award, and the content of the speech have been the subject of further commentary.” “The case has accordingly attracted a level of attention in the media ... that while not unprecedented is certainly extreme,” the chief justice said on Tuesday.

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With the passage of time that does become easier.” “We have no power to approve or prohibit any public comment, that is the role of the court. For those reasons, regrettably and with gritted teeth, I have concluded that the trial date of 27 June towards which the parties have been carefully steering must be vacated.” Justice McCallum said “notwithstanding that clear and appropriate warning”, Wilkson gave a speech “in which she openly referred to and praised the complainant in the present trial”. “The implicit premise of [Wilkinson’s speech] is to celebrate the truthfulness of the story she exposed,” she said in the hearing. “It’s certainly possible that the authorities will be looking at speech she made to the Logies and assessing that speech went against the standard which applies in this branch of the law,” he said.