The Supreme Court will hear out Julie Hoskin’s objections to the seizure and sale of her Kennington home after the Bendigo councillor posted a $50,000 surety this afternoon.
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Justice Jack Forrest ordered in December Ms Hoskin post the surety before 4pm today to prove she could afford any legal fees she might be ordered to pay.
Failure to pay would have resulted in the court refusing to hear Ms Hoskin’s claim that the sheriff wrongfully seized and auctioned the property.
But the Funds in Court office at the Supreme Court confirmed that a bank cheque for $50,000 was received from Ms Hoskin at 2.45pm today.
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The case will continue in court later this month.
The sheriff auctioned Ms Hoskin’s house in November to repay a $400,000 debt accumulating since a family law dispute 10 years ago.
Ms Hoskin’s lawyer argued her client was close to securing finance to cover the debt when the house was auctioned.
She also said the winning bid of $389,000 was an insufficient price tag for the home, the value of which Ms Hoskin placed between 750 and $825,000.
The debt is unrelated to $19,000 in costs the City of Greater Bendigo is seeking from Ms Hoskin, accrued during a High Court to a Bendigo mosque on which she was named as a lead applicant.