Christmas flurry of court claims for Ruapehu Alpine Lifts

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Thu, 28 Dec 2023

The stricken operator of the Tūroa and Whakapapa ski fields will head back to the courtroom after a flurry of claims were lodged in the run-up to Christmas. The liquidation committee for Ruapehu Alpine Lifts filed a claim against the company’s liquidators Richard Nacey and John Fisk of PwC on Dec 15, seeking its reasonable legal expenses to be covered by the ski field operator’s funds. Six days later, the liquidators and receivers Brendon Gibson and Neale Jackson of Calibre Partners filed their own proceedings seeking orde...

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