REASONS FOR JUDGMENT
A OPENING REMARKS | [1] | |
B THE PARTICIPANTS AND SOME BACKGROUND FACTS | [14] | |
B.1 The Dramatis Personae | [15] | |
I Mr Lehrmann | [15] | |
II Ms Higgins | [20] | |
III Ms Wilkinson | [24] | |
IV Mr Angus Llewellyn | [27] | |
B.2 Publication of the Impugned Matters | [30] | |
B.3 The Criminal Proceeding | [35] | |
B.4 Procedural History | [38] | |
C THE PUBLICATIONS | [41] | |
D IDENTIFICATION | [47] | |
D.1 Intro | [47] | |
D.2 Relevant Principles | [52] | |
D.3 The Witnesses | [58] | |
I Ms Abbott | [59] | |
II Ms Quinn | [63] | |
III Mr McDonald | [67] | |
IV Other witnesses | [70] | |
D.4 Identification Established | [76] | |
E APPROACH TO FACT-FINDING, ONUS, AND THE STANDARD OF PROOF | [90] | |
E.1 General | [90] | |
E.2 Relevant Observations as to Standard of Proof | [96] | |
E.3 The Practical Difference Between the Civil and Criminal Standard | [105] | |
E.4 Assessing the Credit of a Complainant of Sexual | [112] | |
E.5 The Importance of Contemporaneous Representations | [122] | |
E.6 The Court is Not Bound to Accept Either of the Parties' Accounts | [126] | |
E.7 Multiple Available Hypotheses and Onus | [133] |
Lehrmann v Network Ten Pty Limited (Trial Judgment) [2024] FCA 369
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