Lehrmann's own lawyer describes him as 'national joke' and Australia's 'most hated man'
The former political staffer's lawyer argued he had been denied natural justice at his high stakes defamation trial in a day in court.
Bruce Lehrmann’s appeal on Wednesday in the Full Federal Court against findings in a defamation trial that he raped Brittany Higgins did not go well.
After a shaky start, it went downhill for “the most hated man in Australia” and didn’t recover.
Lehrmann couldn’t afford a barrister, so his solicitor - Zali Burrows - stepped up to the plate. She said they “really wanted” Guy Reynolds SC, after the two barristers who worked on his trial on a “no-win no-fee” basis withdrew from the case.
“I am not as prepared as my friends [at the bar table], but I will do the best I can,” she said.
