Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial live: Brittany Higgins received $2.445m settlement including legal costs from commonwealth, court documents reveal

The former Liberal staffer is suing Network Ten and journalist Lisa Wilkinson in the federal court of Australia for defamation. Follow the latest news and updates from the trial today

• Colleague raised Bruce Lehrmann's treatment of Brittany Higgins weeks before alleged rape, court hears
• News Corp agreed to pay Bruce Lehrmann $295,000 to settle defamation claim, court documents reveal

Nikita Irvine believed Higgins was telling her she had been sexually assaulted

Irvine has told the federal court she had a conversation with Higgins not long after Higgins had said she reported the alleged rape to Brown and Reynolds.

When I started in [Reynolds'] office, I had bad vibes on Bruce and his future in the office. He's not the sort of person I would have socialised with.