Barrister fees for pre-recorded cross-examination are to rise by nearly 50% as the government seeks to ‘bring more rapists and abusers to justice’ and cut victim drop-out rates. Fees were set at £670 ...

Brittany Higgins has clashed with Bruce Lehrmann’s barrister, hitting back over an “insulting” question he asked her on the stand. Brittany Higgins had admitted lying about attending a doctor in the ...

A Liberal senator has rejected suggestions she attempted to "coach" the cross-examination of former employee Brittany Higgins by texting a barrister for the man accused of raping her at Parliament ...

Mr Whybrow resumed the cross examination at 2.22pm on Thursday and took Ms Higgins to text messages she sent to her friend Emma Webster about not being given a right of reply to an interview with Ms ...