Overview
- The Perth hearing was adjourned for a week after the court identified issues with how notice was served through Higgins’ lawyer.
- Former senator Linda Reynolds has filed a creditor’s petition seeking a sequestration order to make Higgins bankrupt and appoint a trustee to oversee her financial affairs.
- If granted, the order would allow a trustee to examine any protective trust holding proceeds from a reported $2.4 million Commonwealth compensation payment.
- The court heard Reynolds has received no money toward the August judgment, which awarded damages and left Higgins liable for 80% of legal costs estimated at more than $1 million.
- A related bankruptcy application against Higgins’ husband, David Sharaz, is listed for December 16 in the Federal Court.