Lawyers for the media group, which owns the Seven Network, lodged papers with the Federal Court of Australia on Tuesday. The matter is due before the court this week for a directions hearing. Seven is asking for a review of the grounds police used in the local court to obtain a search warrant.

Up to 30 officers raided Seven's offices in Pyrmont last Tuesday over speculation the network paid Corby $2 million for an interview. The network's magazine business and the Corbys' lawyer were also raided. Seven had been issued with a production order to hand over documents to the police the previous week in accordance with the Proceeds of Crime Act, which prevents people profiting from crimes.

The police got a search warrant from the magistrate Graeme Curran with an application that stated, among other things, to Seven lawyer Justine Munsie: ''You [Ms Munsie] are reasonably suspected of having committed the offence stated in the relevant warrant.''

Australian Federal Police Commissioner Tony Negus told a Senate hearing on Monday that Seven provided documents to the police on the Friday and Monday before the Tuesday raids. However, when asked if the orders were totally complied with, Mr Negus told the hearing: ''Not completely, no.''

Seven's commercial director Bruce McWilliam told Seven News on Tuesday: ''We think that we gave them the stuff that was requested.''

The Darlinghurst office of Mercedes Corby's lawyer Bill Kalantzis was raided by 10 officers, who seized computers and inspected files related to ''various rumours about deals'', he said. Last week, he sent letters to News Corp and Woman's Day demanding $250,000 in damages for publishing a photo of a newly-paroled Corby drinking a bottle of beer.