Overview
- Justice Michael Feutrill accepted substituted service of the creditor’s petition, resolving a procedural hurdle that had paused the case.
- Sequestration of Higgins’ estate was ordered, with a trustee to manage her affairs and identify assets available to creditors.
- The trustee will probe the Brittany Higgins Protective Trust, which was established following her $2.4 million Commonwealth settlement.
- The bankruptcy follows a defamation judgment in which Justice Paul Tottle awarded Linda Reynolds $341,000 and found Higgins’ cover‑up allegations untrue.
- Reynolds’ separate application to bankrupt Higgins’ husband, David Sharaz, is due back before the Federal Court next week.