Brittany Higgins has officially been declared bankrupt following her defamation loss to her former boss, ex-Liberal senator Linda Reynolds, with the Federal Court ruling Higgins’ finances should be taken over so Reynolds can recover the money she is owed.
The orders mark a significant milestone in the long-running legal dispute between Reynolds and her former staffer after Higgins’ alleged rape at Parliament House by her colleague Bruce Lehrmann in March 2019.
Brittany Higgins outside the Perth Supreme Court in 2024.Credit: Trevor Collens
In orders published on Friday morning, Federal Court Justice Michael Feutrill placed the former Liberal staffer’s estate in bankruptcy, backdated to October 8. He fixed Reynolds’ legal costs at…