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In-house counsel at Glencore has been granted access to "highly confidential" documents related to the possible sale by Cargill of its Joe White malt business so that he can mull a settlement offer.
A judge has granted Cargill Australia's request to call a King & Wood Mallesons solicitor that represented Viterra as a witness in the epic trial over the $420 million sale of Viterra's Joe White business to Cargill in 2013.
A judge has ruled in-house counsel at Glencore can't view "highly confidential" documents related to the possible sale by Cargill of its Joe White malt business.
Viterra is blaming several former employees for representations made about malt quality in the lead-up to the $420 million sale of its Joe White business to Cargill Australia in 2013.
Cargill has won court approval to amend its pleading against Viterra to include details of a law firm meeting in which Viterra executives allegedly made assurances that there were no quality issues with its malt, more than two months into the trial over the $420 million sale of Viterra's Joe White Maltings business to Cargill in 2013.
Cargill has been ordered to turn over what it describes as "highly confidential" documents related to the possible sale of its malt business, a new revelation in the complex trial over claims Viterra fraudulently concealed crucial information when it sold malt producer Joe White Maltings to Cargill Australia in 2013 for $420 million.