Sapphire Britt Halliday's father, mining executive Garnet Halliday, died in a plane crash in Malawi in 2007, aged 50. Nearly two decades later, Sapphire is suing her mother, Deborah Lakshmi Halliday, in the Supreme Court of Victoria over the family's farm in Macedon, Victoria, which is now worth an estimated $14 million to $15 million. Sapphire claims her mother promised her an interest in the property and the family's Waterford Charolais cattle business if she did not challenge her father's will. Deborah denies making the promise and argues that some parts of the alleged arrangement would be legally non-binding regardless. An interim court ruling has allowed the farm's sale to proceed while requiring $2.5 million to be secured for Sapphire's claim and debts against the property.
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