James Hardie mini-series wraps a day after high court judgement

Anthony Hayes as Bernie Banton

A two part mini-series about the James Hardie asbestos tragedy will wrap filming today, a day after the High Court handed down a decision on the company’s directors.

The High Court found the seven directors of the asbestos manufacturer had committed breaches over the company’s asbestos compensation fund.

The mini-series Devil’s Dust, scheduled for the ABC and based on real events and people, follows three men, Bernie Banton an asbestos suffer and former James Hardie worker played by Anthony Hayes, Adam Bourke who discovered Hardie was selling a carcinogenic product, played by Don Hany and Matt Peacock, an ABC journalist, played by Ewen Leslie.