FIVE lawyers have been appointed commissioners to the
District Court as part of a $2 million plan to clear the backlog of cases and
reduce waiting times for trials.
STIPENDIARY Magistrate Julie Wagner and Perth lawyers Kevin
Sleight and Philip McCann have been appointed District Court judges.
They will replace Judge Peter Blaxell, who has been
Sister State flattened by earth quake
IN scenes reminiscent of the tsunami tragedy that hit the
South East Asian region on Boxing Day, Western Australia’s Japanese sister
THE ANZ Bank's seasonally adjusted count of job vacancies
advertised in WA newspapers rose by 1.6 per cent between November and December.
Vacancies have risen by 0.9 per cent in the past three
WESTERN Australia's residential building approvals decreased
by 8.4 per cent to 1,760 between October and November.
Building approvals have fallen by 6.4 per cent in the past
AUTOMOTIVE parts business Coventry Group has made its third
acquisition in six months, this time snapping up Alice Springs-based Southcott
Auto Centre for $500,000.
CONSOLIDATED Minerals has made a takeover bid for Reliance
Mining, an offer that has received the blessing of the Reliance board.
The Consmins bid values Reliance at about $76.5 million.
COMPUTRONICS has broadened its offering to customers with
the purchase of laser alignment and positioning systems expert Applied
Resolution Technologies.
HEALTH player AFT Corporation has bought the remainder of
the Microgenix air purification business for $643,010 from TechSuccess.
AFT says the Microgenix system has a proven ability to
CHAMELEON Mining has been forced into liquidation over a
$200,000 claim from a former consultant.
Rupert Company director Robert McLennan lodged the claim,
PEET & Company has bought five office and service
industry properties in Brisbane for $19 million and set up the Peet Income
Property Fund for the purpose.
JACKSON Gold has entered into an underwriting agreement for
the exercise of 22 million listed options that expire on January 31 with an exercise
price of 20 cents each to raise about $4.4 million.
THE battle for control of Rivkin Financial Services
continues with the Takeovers Panel once again becoming involved.
The panel has postponed, until January 14, the start of a
PROFESSOR John Uff QC has been appointed as the arbitrator
in the dispute between Clough Limited and the BassGas project proponents.
The first directions hearing will be held early in 2005.
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