The Federal Court is getting set for the next round of legal action resulting from Brittany Higgins’ claim that her colleague Bruce Lehrmann assaulted her in Parliament House. Lehrmann is suing Network Ten for its interview with Higgins on The Project on 15 February 2021, and yesterday, more details about the legal arguments each side will be taking were shared. Ten plans to make the case that it didn’t identify Lehrmann in its first interview (he wasn’t named in the media until August 2021) – if that argument fails, the company will argue that the allegations against Lehrmann are true. His lawyers say they will object to any academic evidence about the rareness of false claims… Lehrmann is also suing the ABC over its broadcast of Higgins’ 2022 National Press Club address. We also learned yesterday that Lehrmann and Higgins will testify during the case, which is set to begin on 22 November.