Anthony Hopkins

A judge has found the lead applicant in a class action over an allegedly defective crop sprayer did not suffer any loss despite finding agricultural equipment manufacturer Hardi misled him and other farmers who bought the machine. 

A trailblazing country lawyer who took out seven overdraft extensions to self-fund a landmark $100 million case in the early years of the federal class action regime has stepped back into the ring to run a new case on behalf of dozens of Australian farmers.