THE estimated 10,000 Black Saturday survivors involved in a class action seeking compensation have won the right to see the case broadcast to their homes via the internet.
Supreme Court Justice Jack Forrest has ordered that victims be granted access to a live streaming of the trial which started yesterday (March 4).
They would have access to the live filmed court action using a password, a lawyer said.
Senior Associate with Maurice Blackburn Lawyers, Rory Walsh, said the court had acknowledged the importance of affordable access to the trial for the approximately 10,000 people in the class action.
He said it would allow the victims of the 2009 Black Saturday Kinglake-Kilmore East bushfire access to one of the state’s largest and most significant trials of 2013, even if they can’t be in court, a lawyer said.
Maurice Blackburn Lawyers is suing SP AusNet and three state authorities on behalf of victims.
– Sue Hewitt
