Lisa Wilkinson's silk charged $8k a day for Bruce Lehrmann trial

Lisa Wilkinson's successful defence of Bruce Lehrmann's defamation case came at a price, with the prominent journalist spending up to $8000 a day on her top silk.star Wilkinson spent just over $1.8 million in defending the case and was hoping to foist the vast amount of the sum on Lehrmann after his spectacular loss.

Chrysanthou also had a minimum charge of $4000 if the day in court wrapped up before lunch, documents released on Thursday showed.Dean charged $3500 for each day of the trial and $350 for brief court appearances.Wilkinson also retained Gillis Delaney as her solicitors and they charged hourly rates of up to $750 if a partner was required to do work on her case.

In one of the most highly anticipated judgments in recent history, Justice Michael Lee found the 28-year-old had not been defamed by a Network Ten report detailing Brittany Higgins' rape allegations. She told Ten that she had been raped by Lehrmann in the office of their then-boss, Senator Linda Reynolds, in March 2019, a claim he has always denied., which is higher than ordinary costs.

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