Peter Dutton’s lawyers query whether ‘error’ in Shane Bazzi’s costs could hypothetically reveal billing ‘sham’

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Lawyers for Peter Dutton have hypothetically" questioned whether Shane Bazzi's lawyers presented a sham" bill for $233,000 of costs, after they were forced to revise down the real bill" for the defamation case to $155,510.

Bazzi's counsel said that an error" was discovered in an earlier statement to the court and the fresh statement corrected the record, but said the error was not significant enough" to justify delaying the costs hearing.

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