High Court grants Western Power special leave in bushfire class action

Brahma Dharmananda 2022-03-22 2:17 pm By Miklos Bolza | Sydney

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The High Court will hear a challenge by Western Power to an appeals court judgment which found that the state-owned electricity supplier breached its duty of care to inspect power poles on private land and was partly liable for property damage from the 2014 Perth Hills bushfire.

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