APPELLATE COURTS – WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Billionaires battle over small change

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Original article by Brad Thompson
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 18 : 30-Oct-18

Hancock Prospecting and Wright Prospecting have been involved in a dispute over the Rhodes Ridge iron ore deposit for more than 15 years. The deposit has estimated reserves of 5.3 billion tonnes of high-grade iron ore, and it is valued in the billions of dollars. It is owned by Wright Prospecting and Rio Tinto, and it could be developed in the next 10 years. The Western Australian Court of Appeal has ruled that Hancock Prospecting does not have to pay Wright Prospecting special costs.

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HANCOCK PROSPECTING PTY LTD, WRIGHT PROSPECTING PTY LTD, RIO TINTO LIMITED – ASX RIO, COURT OF APPEAL (WESTERN AUSTRALIA), SUPREME COURT OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Forrest weighs return to High Court in cattle station battle

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Original article by Brad Thompson
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 4 : 16-Mar-18

Western Australia’s Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of Onslow Resources in the latest round of a legal dispute with mining magnate Andrew Forrest. The court has rejected an appeal by Forrest’s private company against the Supreme Court’s ruling that a licence associated with Onslow’s sand mining operations should be renewed. Onslow mines sand from the Ashburton River, which runs through Forrest’s Minderoo cattle station. A spokesman for Forrest says the businessman will consider appealing the decision.

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ONSLOW RESOURCES LIMITED, COURT OF APPEAL (WESTERN AUSTRALIA), FORREST AND FORREST, YARRI MINING PTY LTD, SUPREME COURT OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF MINES, INDUSTRY REGULATION AND SAFETY, HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA, FORTESCUE METALS GROUP LIMITED – ASX FMG

‘Head in bag’ killer appeals

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Original article by Tim Clarke
The West Australian – Page: 9 : 18-Nov-14

Lawyers for a 28-year-man have launched an appeal against his murder conviction and the length of his sentence. Aaron Carlino was given a minimum sentence of 23 years after being found guilty of killing and dismembering Stephen Cookson. The appeal will be based on the claim that Carlino experienced a version of "battered woman syndrome" after being subjected to bullying and threats of violence by his late employer

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COURT OF APPEAL (WESTERN AUSTRALIA)