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REASONS FOR JUDGMENT

A OPENING REMARKS		[1]
B THE PARTICIPANTS AND SOME BACKGROUND FACTS		[14]
B.1 The Dramatis Personae		[15]
I Mr Lehrmann		[15]
II Ms Higgins		[20]
III Ms Wilkinson		[24]
IV Mr Angus Llewellyn		[27]
B.2 Publication of the Impugned Matters		[30]
B.3 The Criminal Proceeding		[35]
B.4 Procedural History		[38]
C THE PUBLICATIONS		[41]
D IDENTIFICATION		[47]
D.1 Intro		[47]
D.2 Relevant Principles		[52]
D.3 The Witnesses		[58]
I Ms Abbott		[59]
II Ms Quinn		[63]
III Mr McDonald		[67]
IV Other witnesses		[70]
D.4 Identification Established		[76]
E APPROACH TO FACT-FINDING, ONUS, AND THE STANDARD OF PROOF		[90]
E.1 General		[90]
E.2 Relevant Observations as to Standard of Proof		[96]
E.3 The Practical Difference Between the Civil and Criminal Standard		[105]
E.4 Assessing the Credit of a Complainant of Sexual		[112]
E.5 The Importance of Contemporaneous Representations		[122]
E.6 The Court is Not Bound to Accept Either of the Parties' Accounts		[126]
E.7 Multiple Available Hypotheses and Onus		[133]

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