The ABC reports that the 2003 bushfires judgment Chief Justice Higgins has been working on for the last year will no longer be needed as the plaintiffs have reached a settlement with the ACT Government.
Chief Justice Terence Higgins reserved his judgment last November, saying he would make no promise about when he would deliver his decision.
Now the law firm Stacks, which represents about 100 plaintiffs, has settled with the ACT and NSW governments.
The settlement payments are currently confidential.
That means the ACT Government is no longer involved in the long-running legal case.
Claims against the NSW Government, however, go on.
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That means the ACT Government is no longer involved in the long-running legal case.
Finally……
No tell me it’s not true coz i was so looking forward to Tezza’s judgement!
So, I wonder how much we settled for?
If, as has been reported, it is correct that not a penny of compensation will have to come from the ACT Gov coffers, why has the Gov spent gazzilions on soliciters to fight the claims?
Why was this whole seedy mess not resolved donkeys years ago?
The losers are the unfortunate claiments, their compo savaged by soliciters fees.
After ten years I’d settle for simply not having to deal with lawyers any more.