Former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann’s Federal Court defamation case against Network Ten will be re-opened, after new evidence emerged in the case.

Justice Michael Lee had arranged to deliver his judgement this week, before the network made its last-minute application.

The defamation case was launched after Mr Lehrmann’s trial over the alleged rape of Brittany Higgins was abandoned with no findings against him.

He has taken aim at Ten and journalist Lisa Wilkinson over an interview on The Project when Ms Higgins alleged she had been raped, even though she did not name him.

Today lawyers for Network Ten convinced the court it should hear evidence from Taylor Auerbach, a former producer from Seven Network’s Spotlight program, which aired interviews with Mr Lehrmann.

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