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Brittany Higgins declared bankrupt as court steps in over debt to Linda Reynolds
- On Friday, Federal Court Justice Michael Feutrill declared Brittany Higgins bankrupt in Perth, granting Linda Reynolds's creditor petition and ordering her estate sequestered with notice to trustee Daniel Peter Juratowitch within seven days.
- The creditor action followed Reynolds's successful defamation case earlier this year, after Higgins and her husband David Sharaz were ordered to pay over $341,000 in damages and likely more than $1 million in legal costs.
- A contested hearing earlier this week focused on Higgins's compliance with a bankruptcy notice dated October 8, including orders to pay $315,000 plus $26,000 interest and $6,330 fixed legal costs.
- The ruling sequesters Higgins's estate and places focus on the $2.4 million Commonwealth compensation trust funds as Reynolds pursues legal costs estimated to be in the millions.
- The wider legal saga includes a last-year finding by Justice Michael Lee on the balance of probabilities involving Bruce Lehrmann, who denies the claim, and separate criminal proceedings discontinued over juror misconduct and welfare concerns.
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Brittany Higgins declared bankrupt as court steps in over debt to Linda Reynolds
The ex-parliamentary staffer given $2.4 million compensation from the Commonwealth has been declared bankrupt after losing a defamation fight with her former boss.
·Sydney, Australia
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