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Victims last in Bruce exit

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Stephen Bruce victim claims may fall over as the state looks to abandon sentencing of the investment promoter who is believed to have died in a July car crash.

Wyatt rev-up on Ellison action

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A Supreme Court judge has given Mineral Resources co-founder Steve Wyatt a rev-up over an unserved writ making serious allegations against his estranged co-founder Chris Ellison.

Ben Caratti called in parental probe

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The Supreme Court will summons lawyer Ben Caratti to provide documents for a probe into the assets of his property developer parents Tina Bazzo and Allen Caratti.

Tronox wins big costs orders

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A judge has blasted self-styled whistleblower Alexander Cokic for trying to get compensation from his former employer Tronox after losing an injunction battle.

Friggers hit by vexatious findings

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Accountant Angela Frigger and her husband have been denied permission to sue their former lawyers, three weeks after a federal judge made them subject to vexatious litigant restrictions.

Push for Bennett bills cover

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Ousted DRA Australia managing director Andrew Naude is pushing for his former employer to pay the legal bills he's incurring fighting the group's allegations about share dealings.

Black Cat boss ousted

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Black Cat Syndicate managing director James Bruce has been ousted, less than seven months after joining the board of the West Perth-based gold miner.

Grange claims it was misled in Northern Star blue

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Tasmanian miner Grange Resources claims it was misled when it sold a WA Goldfields royalty claimed by a subsidiary of Northern Star Resources.

Clifford Chance in $10m blue

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ASX company Equatorial Resources has launched a $10 million legal action against its former legal advisers Clifford Chance linked to work on a $1.7 billion-plus row with Congolese government.

Allen Caratti in $98m debt bind, court told

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Besieged land developer Allen Bruce Caratti says he has $98 million of liabilities and negligible assets.

MinRes in rates test case

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Onslow iron ore exporter Mineral Resources is locked in a rates row with the Shire of Ashburton over improvements to land held under Mining Act agreements.

Bali Ha'i cover-up claims

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Prosecutor claims alleged thief Colin Beeck tried to keep pay rise under wraps.

Devwest beats liquidation push

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Devwest has beaten a Federal Court push for it to be immediately liquidated, giving the battling developer another four weeks to deal with a $380,000-plus claim from the Australian Taxation Office.

Rogue's estate faces bankruptcy

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Lawyers are laying the groundwork to bankrupt the estate of the late rogue developer Stephen Robert Bruce in a bid to collect on an allegedly-unpaid judgment debt.

Hope for minority land holders

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A WA Supreme Court judge has ordered the sale of Lesmurdie property after handing down a potentially important ruling for minority holders.

Bali Ha'i accused claims boss knew

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The former Bali Ha'i Cruises general manager accused of stealing more than $676,000 claims his boss Dick Chandler knew about the bank transfers.

Bali Ha'i boss claims lieutenant lived high life

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The Australian skipper of Bali Ha'i Cruises claims his former lieutenant lived the high life in London while on an alleged $670,000-plus stealing spree.

Bali Ha'i boss accused of $676k stealing spree

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Former Bali Ha'i Cruises director and general manager Colin Beeck is fighting allegations he illegally transferred more than $670,000 out of a company bank account in a four-year stealing spree.

Rogue dies in tree crash

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Corporate rogue Stephen Robert Bruce died on Friday afternoon when the car he was driving hit a tree near Wuraming.

Bali Ha'i fight for Beeck

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Former Bali Ha'i Cruises operations chief Colin Beeck fighting 114 stealing as a servant charges.

Warrant issued for businessman after no-show

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The District Court has issued an arrest warrant for WA and Bali businessman Stephen Robert Bruce after he failed to turn up at his sentencing hearing on Friday morning, claiming he had COVID.

MinRes' crushing arm widens crane fight

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Mineral Resources' CSI subsidiary has made a Swan Valley business a target in its legal campaign to find those responsible for the toppling of a crane at Mt Whaleback.

Marco fails in bail appeal

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Disgraced investment promoter Chris Marco must stay behind bars while the Court of Appeal ponders whether he really is a fraudster.

Caratti fights Masel probe

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UPDATE: The Supreme Court has delayed a public probe into property developer Allen Caratti's finances while he ponders an appeal against the process.

Matera probes attack on integrity registry

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Nyoongar businessman Gerry Matera is bringing in the legal big guns as he investigates an attack on his Indigenous Business Integrity Register.

ASIC called after Barclays sued

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Miner Black Cat Syndicate is complaining to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission after launching an integrity and restraint action against broker Barclays.

Clifford Chance’s $4.9m Equatorial hunt

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Perth-based Equatorial Resources is in a $4.85 million scrap with its former legal advisers Clifford Chance over allegedly unpaid bills.

Go, Harvey, go for Mt Romance

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Harvey Norman founder backs Frank Wilson's family into Quintis's former Mt Romance distillery and shop.

Hughes on sidelines in Titan scrap

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Insolvency veteran Bryan Hughes has benched himself while his former Pitcher Partners colleagues grapple with a $9 million claim by the liquidator of failed technology play Titan Interactive.

Builder lands $3.8m holiday delay

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Builder Pyramid Constructions (WA) has won extra time in a $3.8 million legal fight with Celtic Capital after revealing its sole director will be travelling around Europe for five weeks.

KPMG trustee in bankruptcy blue

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Big-ticket bankrupt Russell Moran is going toe-to-toe with his bankruptcy trustee as she pushes ahead with plans to question him about his $120 million-plus implosion.

Audit ouster for Nedlands accountant

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ASIC rubs out Nedlands accountant John Gordon Owenell from auditing after queries work for longstanding clients.