Ex-Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann wants vindication after he was defamed in an item on The Project detailing Brittany Higgins' rape claims, his lawyers say.
ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr officially tabled the report of the Board of Inquiry into the Criminal Justice System in the Australian Capital Territory – better known to the public as the Sofronoff report into the Brittany Higgins case.
Expert analysis claiming that false sexual assault complaints aren't common will be opposed by Bruce Lehrmann's lawyers in his cases against two broadcasters.
A judge has urged for Liberal Senator Linda Reynolds' defamation cases against Brittany Higgins and David Sharaz to go to mediation amid mental health concerns.
Several officers who investigated Brittany Higgins' rape allegations are on leave and could seek compensation for the impact of the case on their mental health.
Bruce Lehrmann says he plans to sue the ACT government, which is dealing with the fall-out from the leaking of a report into the handling of his rape case.
