Brittany Higgins will be financially wiped out if she is forced to personally pay Linda Reynolds $341,000 in damages and millions of dollars in legal costs but experts believe her trust fund may be legally protected setting the scene for a fresh legal fight.
There’s also the question of how much money is actually left after she was awarded $2.4 million by the Commonwealth in 2022 raising the prospect that the defamation case could be financially ruinous for all parties.
While the $341,000 in damages is substantial, it is the legal costs of Senator Reynolds, who the WA Supreme Court found was defamed by Ms Higgins social media posts, that is likely to impose a far greater financial cost to Ms Higgins and Mr Sharaz.
The real question is…