‘They’re going to meet their Waterloo’: grandma wins remarkable legal battle against developer

Retirement village developer had claimed squatters rights over New South Wales mum's family land

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When Tracey Anne Higgins squared off against a wealthy retirement village operator trying to use squatter's rights to claim ownership of her family's land, she knew one thing for certain.

I said early in the piece, they're going to meet their Waterloo," Higgins says. They're messing with the wrong person."