WA Liberal Senator Linda Reynolds will fight a bid by former staffer Brittany Higgins to delay their high-stakes defamation trial, beginning in less than three months.
Senator Linda Reynolds says she will continue with her defamation lawsuit against Brittany Higgins and her fiance David Sharaz unless they accept findings there was no cover-up.The senator sued Higgins and her fiance, former press gallery journalist David Sharaz, for damages over more than seven social media posts she claimed falsely defamed her — including one in which Higgins accused Reynolds of using the press to harass her.
The ruling was part of the high-profile defamation action Lehrmann, who has maintained his innocence throughout, brought against Network 10 and Wilkinson over the interview. The trio had travelled to Perth in March for a marathon nine-hour mediation before Justice Marcus Solomon, amid fears about the human cost of yet another trial.The matter, which is now being overseen by Justice Paul Tottle, had been scheduled to return for a strategic conference in May before the trial began in July.
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