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High Court won’t take up Clive Palmer’s challenge to criminal charges
The High Court will not hear mining magnate Clive Palmer's challenge to a court's finding that lawsuits he brought challenging two criminal cases against him over a takeover bid and alleged payments to his political party were an abuse of process and should be stayed.
Clive Palmer takes fight over criminal cases to the High Court
Mining giant Clive Palmer has asked the High Court to hear his challenge to a court's finding that lawsuits he brought challenging two criminal cases against him over a takeover bid and payments to his political party were themselves an abuse of process and should be stayed.
Clive Palmer loses second bid to shut down criminal cases
Mining magnate Clive Palmer has lost an appeal seeking to throw out two criminal cases over a takeover bid and payments to his political party, with an appeals court finding the challenge was an abuse of process.
Clive Palmer’s Mineralogy suffers loss in $4B spat with CITIC
Mining magnate Clive Palmer and his company Mineralogy have lost a bid to amend one of two cases that claim losses totalling $4 billion against CITIC after a judge found the amended claims would be “unfairly general”.
Vannin Capital wins $44.5M judgment against Clive Palmer companies
Clive Palmer's Queensland Nickel and three other Palmer-related entities have been ordered to pay $44.5 million (US$30.8 million) to litigation funder Vannin Capital for defaulting on a loan for a private jet.
Clive Palmer strikes out again in attempt to dodge criminal charges
A judge has thrown out proceedings brought by mining magnate Clive Palmer in which he alleged an abuse of process by prosecutors and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, finding that Palmer’s suits were themselves a “misuse of proceedings.”
Swing and whiff: Palmer Leisure can’t dodge lawsuit over political donation
A judge has rejected a bid by Clive Palmer-owned Palmer Leisure Australia to throw out legal action by the Electoral Commission of Queensland over donations the golf course management company made to Palmer’s United Australia Party in 2020.
Mineralogy can’t take royalties dispute with Adani to court
Clive Palmer’s mining company Mineralogy has lost a bid to stay an expert determination process in a royalties dispute with Adani, with a judge ruling that the court should not “lightly disregard” decisions to resolve disputes by expert determination rather than court-based litigation.
Clive Palmer’s nephew can’t dodge contempt proceedings over Queensland Nickel collapse
The former director of Queensland Nickel and nephew of mining magnate Clive Palmer has lost another bid to dodge contempt proceedings brought by the collapsed company’s liquidators.
Cliver Palmer can’t bring new case over $102M Queensland Nickel loan
Clive Palmer-owned Queensland Nickel Sales has lost its bid to bring a breach of trust lawsuit against the liquidators of Queensland Nickel to recoup $102 million transferred after the billionaire suffered a courtroom defeat last year.