Horizontal Lines in Footage

Hi there,
I am having severe problems with a day's worth of footage shot on a client's camera (which I had very little time to prepare with).
As you can see in the video at the bottom of the post, there are dark horizontal lines that move from the bottom of the screen to the top. From researching this seems to have been caused by the frame rate/shutter speed combination in relation to the frequency of the lights. FYI It was shot at 24 frames a second with a 60s shutter (unfortunately there was no 48s shutter on this camera).
Please can anyone tell me if there is any way to rectify this footage seamlessly in AE or any other software? Re-shooting is not something I want to consider, so I would entertain using any software or plug-ins to rectify this.
Many thanks!
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In many cases the digital anarchy plug in Flickr Free will do an amazing job on this problem. The cost of the plug-in is usually less than the cost of a reshoot.
Flicker Free: Deflicker Time Lapse, LED flicker, and Slow motion / High Frame Rate in HD and 4K for After Effects, Final…
as a sidenote, this should have been clearly visible in the viewfinder or LCD screen of the camera. It's something very experienced cinematographer would look for.

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