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GMA Garnet to pay $23M to settle mineral sands dispute with mining company
Energy & Natural Resources 2020-09-15 1:29 pm By Miklos Bolza

Australian mining company Mineral Commodities has settled its contractual dispute with international garnet supplier GMA Garnet, which has agreed to pay around $23 million and purchase almost one million tonnes of mineral sands.

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CEO of HR firm was bullied, threatened and fired after complaining of exhaustion, suit says
Employment 2020-09-10 3:47 pm By Miklos Bolza

Human resource management company Harrier Group has been sued by its former managing director and CEO, who alleges she was bullied and overworked.

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Clive Palmer suffers blow in COVID-19 border battle with WA
COVID-19 2020-08-25 4:06 pm By Christine Caulfield

Hotel quarantines and mandatory masks are less effective than Western Australia’s border closure in controlling the health risks of a COVID-19 outbreak, a judge has ruled in a win for the state as it defends its strict pandemic-battling measures against a constitutional challenge by billionaire Clive Palmer.

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Mining giant beats back challenge to lost profits claim in dispute over $2.5B WA iron ore mine
Appeals 2020-07-16 5:27 pm By Christine Caulfield

A subsidiary of US mining giant Cleveland-Cliffs has fought back a second bid to quash its counterclaim for lost profits in a contractual dispute over the lucrative Koolyanobbing iron ore mine, with the Western Australia Court of Appeal saying the claim was not “clearly untenable” as argued.

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Border closure case pushed off as expert helps Victoria with second coronavirus wave
COVID-19 2020-07-09 8:11 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge overseeing mining magnate Clive Palmer’s challenge to border closures by Western Australia and Queensland has delayed a hearing in the case for two weeks as WA’s expert responds to an urgent call for help from Victoria, which has seen a record surge in coronavirus cases.

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ACCC secures $700,000 penalty against NRAS participant Quantum Housing
Competition & Consumer Protection 2020-06-10 2:31 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has ordered WA-based Quantum Housing Group to pay $700,000 and its sole director another $50,000 after finding the company misled investors in the National Rental Affordability Scheme.

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Settling plaintiffs get first dibs on Parkerville bushfire defendant’s assets
Class Actions 2020-05-08 9:23 pm By Christine Caulfield

The first-past-the-post principle applies to enforcement of settlements in collective actions over a 2014 bushfire in Western Australia, a judge has held, in a ruling that could have ramifications for all class actions.

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Land developer Tina Bazzo loses fight to keep liquidators’ examinations secret
Restructuring & Insolvency 2020-04-09 4:30 pm By Christine Caulfield

WA-based land developer Tina Bazzo and her partner Allen Caratti have failed in their challenge to a ruling that liquidators’ examinations should not be held in private despite a large scale ongoing criminal investigation of the pair.

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Ex-Atrum Coal boss ordered to repay $6M to Hong Kong finance group
Financial Services 2020-02-06 5:44 pm By Miklos Bolza

A former director of Atrum Coal has been ordered to pay over $6 million owed to a unit of Hong Kong finance giant Argonaut Group after a prior default saw the former executive lose $12 million worth of shares in the company.

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Griffin Coal can’t get hands on docs in long-running spat with Carna Group
Energy & Natural Resources 2020-01-17 2:27 pm By Miklos Bolza

Struggling mining firm Griffin Coal has been denied access to documents while defending a consumer law case brought by the liquidators of a collapsed mining services firm.

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