A bushfire starts on your property and spreads to your neighbours - are you liable for their losses?
About this episode
The episode discusses a court ruling regarding a farmer's liability for a bushfire that spread from their property to a neighbor's.
A court has found that a South Australian farmer was responsible for setting fire to a pile of vegetation that was left smouldering and reignited six months later, causing a devastating bushfire.
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