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Provisional liquidators appointed to Merlin Diamonds to investigate concerns of ‘serious mismanagement’
A judge has appointed provisional liquidators to ‘Diamond Joe’ Gutnick’s mining company Merlin Diamonds, after finding evidence of "serious mismanagement" and citing an urgent need to investigate the company's books.
MACH Energy settles $20M lawsuit by former director
Mining firm MACH Energy has resolved a lawsuit brought by a former director seeking $20 million in shares allegedly owed under an equity incentive scheme.
Vietnamese mining firm drops $132M arbitration award dispute with WorleyParsons unit
The operator of a Vietnamese mine has dropped its Federal Court proceedings against WorleyParsons subsidiary Jacobs E&C over the enforcement of a $132 million arbitration award.
Corporate cop looks to bolster Rio Tinto case with US evidence from PwC witness
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is seeking evidence from US proceedings in its case against Rio Tinto alleging the mining giant misled shareholders about a Mozambique mining company purchased for US$4.2 billion.
Iluka class action saved as new funder signs on
A shareholder class action against mineral sands producer Iluka Resources has locked in litigation funding, ending months of uncertainty about the fate of the proceedings.
WorleyParsons ditches bid to close down class action mid-trial
WorleyParsons has abandoned its mid-trial application to shut down a shareholder class action, amid uncertainty about whether the engineering company would be required to surrender its right to call reply evidence if it continued with its submission that it has no case to answer.
ACCC loses appeal in cartel case over coal mining licences
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has failed in its challenge to a ruling that dismissed its bid-rigging case over mining exploration licences involving Cascade Coal and the sons of jailed Labor politician Eddie Obeid.
CIMIC attacks ‘forests of contingencies’ in class action pleadings
Engineering services firm CIMIC Group has attacked the pleadings in a shareholder class action against it, saying needlessly convoluted paragraphs containing a "numerically vast number of contingencies" should be struck out.
WorleyParsons denies bid to shut down class action will spark ‘brave new world’
Counsel for WorleyParsons has denied the engineering firm's attempt to end a shareholder class action mid-trial would be the start of a "brave new world" of no-case bids in representative proceedings, saying this was a rare instance of a case with "no chance of success".
Shine faces battle to keep WorleyParsons class action alive
Engineering firm WorleyParsons has told the Federal Court it will press forward with a no case application in an attempt to shut down a shareholder class action against it.