Court keeps prominent family's commercial dispute under wraps

Court keeps prominent family's commercial dispute under wraps
BusinessDesk is limited in what it can say about the dispute. (Image: Getty)
Victoria Young
High court judges are keeping a commercial dispute about a “widely known” family under wraps as the fight moves to arbitration.Heavy secrecy orders prevent BusinessDesk from reporting the names, addresses, occupations or any other identifying particulars of the parties.However, we can say that the proceeding alleges breaches of the Companies Act and of contract.It involves one member of the family suing the family company and other members of the family. It was filed last year and has been moved to private arbitration, court do...

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