SMEA takes on China’s largest non-coal miner and wins

Over a six month period SMEA represented a WA company who were being embroiled in a scheme that forced sub-contractors to pay mining executives large sums of money in order to maintain contracts on-site. We brought the practice to the attention of the firms Shanghai headquarters. This led to a full investigation. The mining company hired lawyers in Perth and sought our support for civil action against mining executives. We declined to support the company on the basis that we knew senior executives were aware of the issue. The West Australian ran the story and senior executives had their their employment terminated. Our client walked away in the knowledge that justice had been done and the practice was unlikely to occur again. CLICK to find out more.