Judge dismisses rape case stay application

Brittany Higgins (file image)
An application for the Brittany Higgins rape case to be halted has been declined. -AAP Image

The man accused of raping Brittany Higgins has had his application for his prosecution to be halted dismissed.

ACT Supreme Court Chief Justice Lucy McCallum handed down her decision on Friday afternoon.

Bruce Lehrmann was charged with rape last year and has pleaded not guilty.

He was committed for trial in the ACT Supreme Court for allegedly raping Ms Higgins in an office inside Parliament House in March 2019.

A six-week trial has been set down for June.