Category Archives: Case 18 Bruce Lehrmann

A thousand reasons for Lehrmann appeal

Andrew L. Urban Bruce Lehrmann’s appeal against his failed defamation case against Ten and Lisa Wilkinson will raise over 700 inconsistencies in Justice Lee’s judgement and more than 300 alleged lies told by his rape accuser Brittany Higgins across the … Continue reading

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Lehrmann appeal ‘free’ to go ahead – no cash up front

Andrew L. Urban Federal Court judge Wendy Abraham has dismissed the Ten Network’s application to force Bruce Lehrmann to put up $200,000 ahead of his appeal being heard; she also set aside the $2 million legal bill Lehrmann was ordered … Continue reading

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Reynolds claim: the plot allegation behind Higgins’ rape allegation

Andrew L. Urban. “The Plan … started long before Lisa Wilkinson’s infamous Project interview in February 2021. Shortly after meeting Sharaz in May 2020 – some 14 months after the alleged rape – Higgins crafted a note about an ‘anatomy … Continue reading

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How can men prove their innocence ?

Andrew L. Urban. Sexual assault, what people think of as rape and sexual intercourse without consent are not really the same thing, yet they are stapled together in the eyes of the law. The entire subject is one of the … Continue reading

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Bruce Lehrmann “is not a rapist” – Rule of Law Institute

Andrew L. Urban Bruce Lehrmann has not been convicted of rape – yet his name and reputation have suffered as if he had been. It was in the civil proceedings that Justice Lee ruled in favour of Network Ten and … Continue reading

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‘This cannot stand’ – Bruce Lehrmann

Andrew L. Urban.  Justice  Lee’s judgement is not reliant on any arguments by any of the parties, according to Bruce Lehrmann’s notice of appeal against Justice Lee’s judgement in his failed defamation trial: ‘this cannot stand’ is his stance, broke … Continue reading

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The Sofronoff Express at Platform ‘Speed’

Andrew L. Urban. The Magna Carta meets the ACT’s legal system on the Sofronoff express in what promises to be a historic and relevant journey into pretty wild legal territory. That territory is strewn with the carcasses of legal reputations, … Continue reading

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Should Lehrmann appeal? The new dispute

Andrew L. Urban. What’s worse than the stigma of being labelled a rapist? Being unable to wipe the label clean. Why would anyone not try, if they claimed innocence? For Lehrmann, the label is a life sentence, even though it … Continue reading

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The Lehrmann verdict – your say 2

The following are some of the comments / excerpts in response to Andrew L. Urban’s article in The Spectator Australia on May 1, 2024, ‘Was Lehrmann’s presumption of innocence left in the lions’ den?’ Reader comments were taken down and … Continue reading

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The Lehrmann verdict – your say

Judging by published comments, the public largely rejects Justice Lee’s judgement that on the balance of probabilities Bruce Lehrmann raped Brittany Higgins on Senator Reynolds’ Ministerial couch. We publish a selection to demonstrate. 

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