Category: Trial reports

Federal Court of Australia ... First day of hearing in proceedings brought by former Victorian Liberal MP Moira Deeming against Opposition Leader John Pesutto ... Opening submissions by Sue Chrysanthou SC, senior counsel for Deeming ... Court hears of guilt by association ... Court told of secret recording of meeting ... Courts Editor Stephen Murray reports ... more

Supreme Court of Western Australia ... Eighteenth day of hearings in proceeding brought by Senator Linda Reynolds against her former staffer, Brittany Higgins ... Closing submissions from Higgins' lawyer, Rachael Young SC ... Closing submissions from Reynolds' lawyer, Martin Bennett ... Aaron Bunch of AAP and Courts Editor Stephen Murray report ... more

Supreme Court of Western Australia ... Seventeenth day of hearing in proceeding brought by Senator Linda Reynolds against her former staffer, Brittany Higgins ... Closing submissions by Rachael Young SC, senior counsel for Higgins ... Tells Court Reynolds besmirched Higgins and her husband out of frustration at political fate ... Aaron Bunch of AAP and Courts Editor Stephen Murray report ... more

Supreme Court of Western Australia ... Sixteenth day of trial in proceedings brought by Senator Linda Reynolds against her former staffer Brittany Higgins ... Documentary tenders ... Counsel for Reynolds claims inconsistencies in Higgins' account of access to counselling ... Aaron Bunch of AAP and Courts Editor Stephen Murray report ... more

Supreme Court of Western Australia ... Senator Linda Reynolds seeks to dissolve Brittany Higgins' trust ... Trust was establish to protect $2.4 million compensation pay out from the Commonwealth ... Reynolds loses bid to call psychiatrist who prepared report for Higgins' compensation claim ... Aaron Bunch of AAP and Courts Editor Stephen Murray report ... more

Supreme Court of Western Australia ... Fifteenth day of hearings in proceedings brought by Senator Linda Reynolds against former staffer Brittany Higgins ... Lawyer for Reynolds reads AFP file note on to record ... Former AFP Deputy Commissioner Leanne Close gives evidence ... Aaron Bunch of AAP and Courts Editor Stephen Murray report ... more

Supreme Court of Western Australia ... Fourteenth day of hearings in proceedings brought by Senator Linda Reynolds against her former staffer, Brittany Higgins ... Journalist Samantha Maiden gives evidence ... Court hears taped interview between Maiden and Higgins ... Evidence for Reynolds concludes ... Aaron Bunch of AAP and Courts Editor Stephen Murray report ... more

Supreme Court of Western Australia ... Thirteenth day of hearings in proceedings brought by Senator Linda Reynolds against her former staffer, Brittany Higgins ... Former minister and senator Marise Payne gives evidence ... Justice Paul Tottle issues warning over Twitter bots barrage ... Updated: Evidence from Senate colleague and friend ... Aaron Bunch of AAP and Courts Editor Stephen Murray report ... more

Supreme Court of Western Australia ... Contest of narratives between Senator Linda Reynolds and her former staffer, Brittany Higgins ... Reynolds relies on "The Plan", a supposed strategy by Higgins and her partner to inflict damage on the government ... Evidence of hurt, anger and distress, but is it enough ... Courts Editor Stephen Murray reviews the proceedings, with reporting by Aaron Bunch of AAP ... more