– 83-year-old Hind Issa – and was never transferred into their names, even though it had been sold and paid for.
The court also found the multiple mortgagees — described in the documents as "lenders of last resort" — were not entitled to exercise the power of sale over the house. Lawyers for the government have appealed on several grounds, including that the Morecrofts were never "deprived of an interest in a lot" because the fraud of Ms Issa's relative, which allowed them to be granted compensation.
The state is seeking the compensation order be set aside and the claim for compensation be dismissed.The Morecrofts told the ABC they were struggling to come to terms with the decision to appeal. Mr Morecroft said he believed the state government was thinking about "money not fairness" by continuing the litigation."They're behaving like a bad insurance company [saying]: 'Deny, deny, deny'.