Ken Wikeley loses legal bid in Eric Watson coal case

Ken Wikeley loses legal bid in Eric Watson coal case
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 high court judge has dismissed Ken Wikeley’s attempt to appeal a decision that ruled New Zealand is the right place for his dispute to be heard over a supposedly fake coal contract Eric Watson created for him.It all relates to Wikeley’s transnational legal fight over the apparent agreement Watson, who is now subject to bankruptcy proceedings in NZ, signed on behalf of Owen Glenn more than a decade ago. Glenn only learned of the deal last year when Kea Investments and its UK solicitors received a statutory demand for more than...

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