Arguable case Ken Wikeley and Eric Watson coal deal a 'fabrication': Queensland court

Arguable case Ken Wikeley and Eric Watson coal deal a 'fabrication': Queensland court
Former Auckland mayor John Banks presents Ken Wikeley with a trophy after his horse won the $350,000 2002 Auckland Cup. (Image: Getty)
Riley Kennedy
A Queensland court in Australia has ruled there is an arguable case that the apparent coal agreement jacked up by Ken Wikeley, now at the centre of long-standing global litigation between Eric Watson and Owen Glenn, was a “fabrication”.Meanwhile, Wikeley is still unable to leave Australia.It all relates to Wikeley’s transnational legal fight over the apparent agreement Watson, who is now subject to bankruptcy proceedings in New Zealand, signed on behalf of Glenn more than a decade ago.  Glenn only learned of the deal...

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