The former lover of Seven West Media boss Tim Worner will no longer address the New South Wales Supreme Court today after most of her statement was ruled inadmissible.
Amber Harrison had been due to make a statement about the issue of legal costs in the case, after earlier agreeing to a gag order banning her from discussing the affair with Mr Worner or releasing confidential company documents.
Seven West's lawyers objected to the content of her statement, saying 90 per cent of it related to confidential and inadmissible material, and she has been allowed to redraft it and read it in court tomorrow.
Earlier this morning, Seven West's counsel had requested a written copy of the statement so it could check whether it contained "scandalous material" covered by the gag order and unrelated to the issue of costs.
Ms Harrison is being pursued by Seven West for legal costs after deciding on Friday to abandon legal claims against her former employer.
Seven West's counsel Dr Andrew Bell SC said he was concerned Ms Harrison may use the opportunity to talk about issues covered by the gag order.
"It should be furnished to us first to give us an opportunity to briefly read it," he told the court.
"We don't want to be hearing anything for the first time and reacting."
Justice John Sackar ordered a short adjournment to allow the statement to be emailed to the court and Seven's counsel.
'Four paragraphs left'
After Seven's counsel read the statement, Dr Bell asked that essentially all but the last four paragraphs of Ms Harrison's statement not be read out.
During the hearing, Ms Harrison asked for guidance about how to edit her remarks.
"I'd jut like some clarity on what is admissible in my statement," she told the court.
Dr Bell SC indicated he objected to 90 per cent of what Ms Harrison has written because it gave a "chronology of the to and fro of negotiations."
"He's left four paragraphs in three pages, is that right?" Ms Harrison replied.
Justice Sackar ended today's proceedings by ordering an adjournment until 2:00pm (AEST) tomorrow to give Ms Harrison the chance to redraft her statement and remove the offending material.
