21-11-18 / Matthew Doyle — Corporate Insolvency & Bankruptcy
Applications were made by the defendants to vacate various case management orders, including those setting the matter down for trial, on bases which included their inability to complete disclosure. The Applicants were dismissed, with costs awarded on the indemnity basis. Matthew Doyle (led by Tom Sullivan QC) appeared for the…
5-11-18 / Paul McQuade KC, Matthew Hickey OAM, Matthew Doyle — Corporate Insolvency & Bankruptcy
An application to disqualify Jackson J from further hearing proceedings, made by Clive Palmer and various of his companies and others, brought in proceedings concerned with Queensland Nickel's liquidation. Mr Palmer alleged actual and apprehended bias, while the other applicants alleged apprehended bias alone. Although Justice Jackson found that there…
26-10-18 / Matthew Hickey OAM, Matthew Doyle — Corporate Insolvency & Bankruptcy
An interlocutory decision in a suite of applications brought against the background of an application by Mr Clive Palmer and various of his companies that Jackson J recuse himself. Matthew Hickey and Matthew Doyle appeared (led by Sullivan QC) for the plaintiffs, who resisted the applications for recusal, instructed by…
17-9-18 / Matthew Hickey OAM, Matthew Doyle — Corporate Insolvency & Bankruptcy
An application, brought by Clive Palmer and various others, for orders that Justice Bond recuse himself from further hearing a proceeding managed on the commercial list and arising from the liquidation of Queensland Nickel. It was argued, among other things, that findings his Honour made in an application for interlocutory…
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