Veteran stockbroker John Featherby has been dragged into a public probe by the liquidator of his son Nathan's failed iron ore royalties play Ochre Group Holdings.
Ousted FMR Investments operations manager Patrick Keogh has denied fabricating claims his estranged mentor Peter Bartlett approved a secret bonus scheme.
FMR Investments boss Peter Bartlett told the court he was in Kalgoorlie on the day he allegedly gave estranged lieutenant Patrick Keogh the go-ahead to process a waste pile at the company's mill.
FMR Investments boss Peter Bartlett has denied giving his ousted lieutenant the go-ahead to process a waste stockpile as reward for transporting a private gold stash.
Peter Bartlett's flagship FMR Investments is fighting to restrict the allegations that can be aired by an ousted executive accused of masterminding a gold swindle.
Gina Rinehart-controlled Roy Hill Iron Ore has failed in a Supreme Court application to protect ownership of two mining leases in its $12 billion operation.