According to Bruce Lehrmann’s lawyer Zali Burrows, he is “arguably Australia’s most hated man”. Burrows told that to a federal court while asking to stay the costs order of $2 million, made after Lehrmann’s failed defamation case against Network Ten, until he has had a chance to appeal. Meanwhile, lawyers for Network Ten are arguing Lehrmann should have to front up $200,000 in order to have the right to appeal at all.

Today, defamation lawyer Hannah Marshall, on Bruce Lehrmann’s chance of appeal and what it means for Brittany Higgins.