BANKSIA HILL CLASS ACTION

If you were detained as a juvenile at Rangeview, Hakea (after the 2013 riots), Banksia Hill or Unit 18, you may be eligible. Register your details so that we can confirm that you are eligible to participate.

If you have a friend, partner or family member who cannot register themselves, you can register on their behalf.

Register your details on the form below, and we will contact you to confirm your eligibility.

If you have a friend, partner or family member who cannot register themselves, you can register on their behalf by filling out the form below. Just let us know who you are registering when we call you.

Once we have confirmed that you are a group member in one or both the class actions, we may contact you to obtain more details about your time in detention; and/or when we need to update you on the progress of the action.

Provide us with a valid email address and we will send you updates; and follow our Facebook group #beentobanksia.

The class action is being run on a “no win, no fee” basis. This means that you do not need to pay any legal fees in relation to the class action, unless there is a successful outcome that makes you better off. 

Put another way, the only financial contribution you will make towards the cost of running the action is out of any money you get from the action, whether from an out-of-court settlement or a court judgment in favour of the group.   

If the class action is not successful, you will not have to pay anything; you will be in the same position you are today. 

The Banksia Hill and Unit 18 class actions are large and complicated so we cannot provide a precise date, but we are hopeful that the Class Actions will be resolved at some time in 2026.

A class action or representative action is brought by applicants on behalf of a group of people, whose claims relate to the same questions of law and/or fact against the same respondent.

The applicants for the Banksia Hill class action are made against the State of Western Australia on behalf of more than a thousand current and former Banksia Hill detainees.

The applicants for the Unit 18 class action are making claims against the State of Western Australia on behalf of approximately 100 current and former Unit 18 detainees.