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Duncan Murray

FOUND: Lehrmann s lawyers agreed to no win no fee deal - You Need To See This

Bruce Lehrmann had an agreement with lawyers that meant he only had to pay them if he won. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

The legal firm behind Bruce Lehrmann's failed defamation lawsuit will receive no payment for more than a year of work on the high-stakes case after agreeing to a "no win, no fee" deal with the alleged rapist.

A Federal Court hearing was told on Wednesday the former Liberal staffer also had no third-party financial backers in his long-running suit against Network Ten and journalist Lisa Wilkinson.

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