Bushfire class action applicant dodges security for costs bid by wealthy SA family

Chief Justice Chris Kourakis 2023-02-08 11:50 pm By Christine Caulfield

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The family of late pastoralist Thomas Brinkworth can’t get security for costs from a landowner bringing a bushfire class action in South Australia, with a court ruling security was unnecessary under the class action rules in the state, which can bind all group members to an adverse costs order.

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