Bruce Lehrmann ordered to pay $2m in costs to Network Ten in possible ‘deal of the century’

Ten's lawyer says its costs from the failed defamation trial have been calculated at $3.7m but it is seeking a lesser lump sum

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Bruce Lehrmann has been ordered to pay $2m to Network Ten after his failed defamation case in what the former Liberal staffer's lawyer said might be the deal of the century".

In a costs hearing before Justice Michael Lee on Thursday, Ten's barrister, Zoe Graus, told the court Ten calculated its costs at the end of May were $3,668,420.83 but it was seeking a lump-sum costs order of $2m.

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