Linda Reynolds is constantly being approached by people backing her relentless pursuit of reputation repair, even overseas, her lawyer says.

After the former Liberal senator won her epic defamation case against Brittany Higgins in August, she pushed ahead with moves to have her former staffer and husband David Sharaz declared bankrupt, in a bid to secure huge damages and court costs.

And on Wednesday, the ex-politician had her first case management hearing in the Federal Court against the Commonwealth’s $2.4 million settlement with Ms Higgins.

The payment was over Ms Higgins’ claim her former boss mishandled her allegation she was raped by colleague Bruce Lehrmann at Parliament House in Canberra in 2019.

The mishandling allegation was at the heart of the defamation case, centred on soc

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