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Viterra can’t dodge indemnity costs in feud over $420M Joe White sale
Appeals 2023-12-08 10:27 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Glencore-owned Viterra must pay indemnity costs to four Joe White employees it dragged into a 10-year feud with Cargill over the $420 million sale of the Joe White business, after a judge found its claims against them were “hopeless from the outset”.

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Hastie liquidators appeal dismissal of $63M case against major builders
Restructuring & Insolvency 2023-05-08 3:59 pm By Sam Matthews

The liquidators of failed engineering company Hastie Group have appealed a decision that knocked out half its $120 million case against Multiplex, Lendlease and numerous other builders.

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Major win for Lendlease, Multiplex in $68M case by Hastie liquidators
Construction 2022-11-02 11:18 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Lendlease and other major builders have secured a significant victory in a long-running case brought by the liquidators of failed engineering company Hastie Group, with a judge saying Hastie wasn’t entitled to the proceeds of bank guarantees withdrawn by the builders when it collapsed 10 years ago.

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Mayfair 101 reaches settlement with IPO Wealth Holdings liquidators
Restructuring & Insolvency 2022-07-26 12:13 am By Cindy Cameronne

Mayfair 101 has settled with liquidators of collapsed IPO Wealth Holdings after they won a bid to re-examine former director James Mawhinney over the transfer of “considerable funds and assets” from the fund to other entities.

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Wrong plaintiff, wrong defendant: Payton Securities unit loses professional negligence case
Professional Negligence 2022-07-15 11:58 pm By Sam Matthews

Investment manager Payton Securities has lost a bid to recoup claimed losses over $1.4 million stemming from an allegedly negligent property valuation by Bertacco Ferrier, with a judge finding that the company had not retained the valuer and was not a party to the valuation.

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Mayfair’s James Mawhinney loses challenge to re-examination
Restructuring & Insolvency 2022-04-29 10:05 pm By Sam Matthews

The former director of Mayfair’s failed IPO Wealth Holdings, James Mawhinney, has lost his challenge to a judge’s decision allowing liquidators to examine him for an eighth day about the transfer of “considerable assets and funds” from the fund to other entities he controlled.

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Hastie’s claim against Lendlease in $68M suit ‘untenable’, court hears
Restructuring & Insolvency 2022-03-16 10:36 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A bid by the liquidators of collapsed engineering company Hastie Group for Lendlease to pay back funds it withdrew under bank guarantees is “untenable” and “misconceived”, a court has heard in a $68 million case that also targets Multiplex, Grocon and John Holland.

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Mayfair’s James Mawhinney can’t escape further grilling by liquidators
Restructuring & Insolvency 2021-12-14 6:31 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The liquidators of Mayfair’s failed IPO Wealth Holdings have won their bid to question the fund’s former director, James Mawhinney, for the eighth time over assets that could provide “significant potential recoveries” for shareholders.

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Bob Jane T-Marts CEO loses challenge to liquidator’s examination
Restructuring & Insolvency 2021-06-23 5:48 pm By Miklos Bolza

The CEO of Bob Jane T-Marts has failed to halt his public examination by the liquidator of the firm Last Lap, which is currently involved in a shareholder dispute with the Australian tyre franchise.

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‘Sad and tragic’: Court winds up Mayfair’s IPO Wealth Fund
Restructuring & Insolvency 2020-09-17 5:53 pm By Miklos Bolza

A  judge has ordered 17 companies connected to Mayfair’s “failed” IPO Wealth Fund to be wound up after finding the fund’s director put investor money at risk through “highly speculative” investments to make a windfall for himself.

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