David Sharaz declared bankrupt in federal court hearing

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Brittany Higgins’s husband David Sharaz has been declared bankrupt in the federal court in Perth, two months after former senator Linda Reynolds served him bankruptcy papers.

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00:00As you mentioned, David Shiraz was declared bankrupt here in the Federal Court in Perth

00:07earlier this morning. And while Mr Shiraz wasn't present for the proceedings today,

00:12former Senator Linda Reynolds was represented by her lawyer, Martin Bennett, and his team.

00:17This morning's hearing comes after Mr Shiraz's wife, Brittany Higgins, was declared bankrupt

00:23last week in the Federal Court in a hearing brought on by former Senator Ms Reynolds,

00:28with Federal Court Justice Michael Futrell ruling there that her estate would be sequestrated

00:34under the Bankruptcy Act. Back in August, Ms Higgins and Mr Shiraz were both found

00:40to have defamed the former Senator in a series of social media posts. Today, the court heard

00:45David Shiraz's estate would be sequestrated under the Bankruptcy Act with costs of $5,690 to be paid.

00:54Now, the act of bankruptcy was dated to October 31st, and the court heard that Mr Shiraz was

01:01personally served the bankruptcy notice at a Melbourne cafe back in October.

01:05And Linda Reynolds' lawyer spoke outside court today. What did he say about the matter?

01:11That's right, Joe. Martin Bennett spoke to media outside. He's been representing Linda Reynolds

01:16across these bankruptcy proceedings against Mr Shiraz and Ms Higgins. He told media outside that today

01:23was a consequence of Mr Shiraz defaming his client. Here's a little of what he had to say.

01:30Mr Shiraz, you'll recall, when he withdrew from defending the Supreme Court action before Justice

01:36Tuttle had his barrister to tell the court that he wasn't going to buy a ticket on the Titanic.

01:41Perhaps he couldn't afford a ticket on the Titanic, but he certainly goes down with the ship.

01:46It's important to note Mr Bennett said there's still a chapter left in these proceedings.

01:52He described it a saga, with Ms Reynolds suing the Commonwealth and the law firm that acted

01:58on its behalf, HWL Ebsworth. He said it will play out at some stage in the federal court.

02:04Here's a couple of Landshirt. He said it will be manifested to its idea.

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