Network Ten agrees to pay journalist more than $1.1m to cover legal costs of defending defamation case by Bruce Lehrmann

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A long-running dispute between Ten and journalist Lisa Wilkinson has ended with the network agreeing to pay $1.15m to cover her costs of defending Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation case.

On Monday afternoon, the federal court approved this amount after months of disagreement over exactly how much Ten should pay Wilkinson for retaining separate legal representation.