‘Unleash the left hook’: WA law to block Clive Palmer set to pass swiftly

“This legislation has been crafted over the last six weeks in secret by the best legal minds in this city.”
Mr Quigley said the legislation had been prepared in secret and introduced late on Tuesday for tactical reasons to take advantage of a “weakness” in Mr Palmer’s position.

Mr Quigley said the arbitration and the award therefore had to be terminated before Mr Palmer could now register the award, which is why he introduced it to Parliament after every court in the country had closed on Tuesday night.

“It was too late for him to get to a court,” he said.

He said he believed Mr Palmer was trying to register the award in the Supreme Court of NSW.

But if the legislation passes, it will terminate the arbitration and any damages from the time the bill was introduced to Parliament on Tuesday.

“What he’s doing now, too late we think, is trying to register it,” Mr Quigley said.

https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/state/wa/2020/08/13/clive-palmer-wa-government/


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