00:00Bruce Lamman is appealing against the findings that Justice Michael Lee imposed and part
00:08of his defeat involves a cost order where he was compelled to pay Network 10 $2 million.
00:16He was asking the court to impose a stay on that cost order which effectively means that
00:2110 can't chase him for that money until the appeal has run its course and there is an
00:26outcome.
00:27For its part, Network 10 was asking for a security of costs of $200,000 and that's money
00:34that would be set aside by Mr Lamman to pay for Network 10's legal fees in the event that
00:40he does lose this appeal.
00:42Today he needed to clear both of those hurdles in order for his appeal to proceed.
00:47Today the court ruled in Mr Lamman's favour in both counts, it means he doesn't have to
00:52pay this $2 million cost order until the appeal has run its course and he also doesn't
00:57need to pay the $200,000 security and that's because he put forward an argument that he
01:04was bankrupt and financially destitute and today the court enforced this general legal
01:10principle which involves the concept that poverty is no bar to a litigant.
01:17It's an access to justice principle and it essentially means that a person should have
01:21a right to appeal even if they're impecunious or financially destitute.
01:27Justice Wendy Abraham effectively upheld that today and she also rejected 10's argument
01:32that there was no public interest in this appeal and she said that Mr Lamman was up
01:38against an extremely serious finding and that not being able to appeal that or defend that
01:44would be extremely serious for him and have a big impact on him.
01:48The findings have been published online and we've brought you all of the coverage from
01:53that this morning.
01:54The parties will meet in a fortnight to be able to determine just how long that appeal
01:59will run for and what its terms of reference will include and it looks like at this stage
02:05March will be the time frame for that appeal to run its course.
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