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Judge sends suit in Mineralogy Sino Iron litigation ‘shemozzle’ to WA
A Federal Court judge has transferred a case brought against Clive Palmer and his firm Mineralogy to the Western Australian Supreme Court, where a number of suits are pending in what has been described as "litigious warfare" over the $5.8 billion Sino Iron Ore project.
Receivers can pay priority claims of employees directly, judge rules
Receivers, not just liquidators, can distribute assets to satisfy priority claims of an insolvent company's employees, a judge has ruled, settling a question of law under the Corporations Act.
Liquidator loses appeal to block evidence as ATO aims at 10 year ban
An appeals court has dismissed a challenge by Veritas Advisory principal liquidator David Iannuzzi to the admissibility of evidence submitted by the Australian Taxation Office in the agency's case seeking compensation and a 10-year ban.
Clive Palmer sued over contract for $5.8B iron ore mine
Hong Kong-based conglomerate CITIC and two of its subsidiaries have taken mining magnate Clive Palmer and his firm Mineralogy to court over the $5.8 billion Sino Iron Ore Project in Western Australia.
Stalemate broken over docs from AFP raid of mining magnate Tony Sage
A judge has issued a ruling on the procedure for reviewing documents for legal professional privilege that were seized from mining magnate Tony Sage by the Australian Federal Police, after a stalemate over the review process left the documents in legal limbo for five years.