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ATO, Conflict, Corporates, Directors, Judgment, Liquidations, Liquidators, Litigation 14 August 2026

Conflict declaration bid fails

BRI Ferrier’s John Keenan. BRI Ferrier’s Peter Krejci. BRI Ferrier duo Peter Krejci and Jonathon Keenan are becoming accustomed to complaints of conflict as they investigate – with funding from the ATO – the affairs of various corporate groups that share among other things an aversion to paying the ATO. “At the . . . Restricted Content Dear Reader, this story is available only to…

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Corporates, Creditors, Deals & Departures, Fees, Judgment, Liability, Liquidations, Liquidators, Litigation 8 July 2026

Tahmoor liquidators fail to disclaim Glencore royalty

McGrathNicol partner Shaun Fraser. It would have topped off a very successful winding up if Shaun Fraser and Jonathan Henry could’ve binned an inconveniently airtight royalty agreement attaching to the operations of the Tahmoor Coal mine. But it wasn’t to be. Last Friday a judge of the NSW Supreme Court refused the Tahmoor Coal Pty Ltd (Tahmoor) liquidators’ application for a declaration that they would…