Western Power can’t palm legal costs onto Thiess for bushfire class action loss, court finds

Brahma Dharmananda 2021-11-05 2:20 pm By Cindy Cameronne | Sydney

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Western Power is not entitled to palm off the legal costs of defending a class action after an appeals court found it was negligent in causing the January 2014 Perth Hills bushfire which destroyed 57 homes, a court has said.

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