Bruce Lehrmann has launched a legal challenge against the national corruption watchdog in the Federal Court.

The former federal Liberal staffer filed documents initiating the proceedings in the Federal Court’s NSW registry last week.

The respondents to the proceedings are the Commonwealth Special Minister of State Don Farrell and Paul Brereton, the head of the National Anti-Corruption Commission, but it is not a claim for compensation.

The proceedings invoke section 39B of the Commonwealth Judiciary Act , the Federal Court’s online records show, but the court has yet to release any documents.

Lehrmann’s lawyer, Zali Burrows, confirmed last year that her client’s home had been raided by the NACC on June 5.

Lehrmann was employed by then-defence industry minister Linda Reynolds in 2019

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