Linda Reynolds, Brittany Higgins and the rise of political defamation

<p>Brittany Higgins has now been at the centre of three court cases.</p><p>First, there was the criminal trial of Bruce Lehrmann - which was aborted with no findings made against him.</p><p>Lehrmann later sued Network 10 and journalist Lisa Wilkinson, claiming that they defamed him by identifying him as a rapist.</p><p>The court found that he did, to a civil standard, rape Higgins.</p><p>Now, Higgins’ former boss, Senator Linda Reynolds, is suing her for a series of social media posts claiming that she was uncaring and unsupportive.</p><p>So is taking a...