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Mining magnate Gina Rinehart can’t fight use of arbitration docs as trial in family feud begins
Appeals 2023-07-10 3:44 pm By Gareth Baker

Hancock Prospecting can’t challenge an order that documents produced in arbitration are fair game, as the mining company’s chief, Gina Rinehart, battles her children in a trial over ownership of a valuable tenement set to start Monday.

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Docs produced in arbitration can be used in Rinehart family court battle
Adam Hochroth 2023-05-26 2:56 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has allowed two of Gina Rinehart’s children to use documents produced in private arbitration for their defence in court proceedings over ownership of a valuable mining tenement.

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Lenders of collapsed Arrium lose appeal over directors’ loan drawdowns
Amy Munro 2023-05-10 12:23 pm By Sam Matthews

Commonwealth Bank and other lenders of failed steel giant Arrium have lost a second attempt to put two of the company’s directors on the hook for alleged misleading representations on loan drawdown notices ahead of its $2.8 billion collapse.

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Hastie liquidators appeal dismissal of $63M case against major builders
Adele Carr 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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High Court to hear class action waiver challenge in Ruby Princess case
Amy Reid 2023-03-17 4:31 pm By Christine Caulfield

The High Court has granted leave to the applicant in a class action against Carnival PLC to appeal a ruling that upheld a class action waiver in tickets bought by foreign passengers on the ill-fated Ruby Princess in 2020.

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Major win for Lendlease, Multiplex in $68M case by Hastie liquidators
Adele Carr 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failed engineering company Hastie Group, with a judge saying Hastie wasn’t entitled to the proceeds of bank guarantees withdrawn by the builders when it collapsed 10 years ago.

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Ruby Princess COVID-19 outbreak ‘no accident’, class action trial hears
Amy Reid 2022-10-12 9:02 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A COVID-19 outbreak aboard the Ruby Princess that left 28 people dead was “something that was very likely to happen” and the cruise should never have sailed, a court heard as a class action trial against Carnival PLC kicked off.

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Class action asks High Court to hear appeal over Ruby Princess’s foreign passengers
Amy Reid 2022-09-12 11:17 am By Cindy Cameronne

A class action against cruise operator Carnival PLC over the 2020 COVID-19 outbreak aboard the Ruby Princess will ask the High Court to hear a challenge to a decision that found a class action waiver for foreign passengers was not unfair.

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Full Court upholds class action waiver in Ruby Princess case
Amy Reid 2022-09-02 9:42 am By Cindy Cameronne

The Full Federal Court has thrown out a decision that found foreign passengers could join a class action against cruise operator Carnival PLC over the 2020 COVID-19 outbreak aboard the Ruby Princess, finding a class action waiver was not unfair.

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‘No brainer’ that Arrium was failing when directors drew down funds, court told
Amy Munro 2022-08-02 11:09 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Several lenders have appealed a ruling that found they failed to prove steel giant Arrium falsified representations on loan drawdown notices ahead of its $2.8 billion collapse, saying it was a “no brainer” that the company was in dire straits when its directors sought extra funds.

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