August
Quintis receivers put sandalwood trees, factory up for sale
Sandalwood plantations in WA and northern Queensland and an essential oil distillery in Albany are being marketed by Elders on behalf of receivers.
- Larry Schlesinger
August 2023
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- Rural property
Wheat king Ron Greentree buys Quintis’ WA sandalwood estate
Quintis has sold a 517ha sandalwood plantation near Kununurra to Ron Greentree’s Prime Grain and is preparing to sell another plantation of similar size.
- Larry Schlesinger
September 2021
The many litigations of Quintis founder Frank Wilson
Four years after a short attack catalysed the spectacular end of WA’s sandalwood boom, the lawyers are still making a killing.
- Myriam Robin
July 2021
September reckoning for ASIC v Wilson
The much-delayed case will soon go to trial, after a judge provided permission for a key ASIC witness to give evidence via video link.
- Myriam Robin
June 2021
ASIC’s pursuit of Frank Wilson hangs in the balance
The case could be ‘stayed indefinitely’ if ASIC isn’t allowed to have a key witness testify via videolink.
- Myriam Robin
September 2020
Former Quintis boss loses loan case appeal
WA Supreme Court affirms an earlier finding that Frank Wilson was on the hook for almost $14 million to the sandalwood company he used to run.
- Myriam Robin
June 2020
Frank Wilson's date with ASIC delayed by the border
How long does it take ASIC to disqualify a director it believes has acted against his statutory duties?
- Myriam Robin
March 2020
Quintis' 'back door double-dealing', fine dining appetite revealed
If financial crises resolve in months, litigation is, by comparison, eternal.
- Myriam Robin
October 2019
The Quintis interrogation of FBI agent Rhett Kessler
Pengana Capital portfolio manager Rhett Kessler has an unfair advantage: Jedi mind tricks.
- Joe Aston
Frank Wilson-brokered sandalwood deal falls apart
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
- Myriam Robin
July 2019
Quintis founder 'unreliable' but 'highly self-assured'
You don't often get judgments this scathing.
- Myriam Robin
May 2019
Slow movement on Quintis, EY class actions
Two shareholder class actions over sandalwood grower Quintis, targeting the company and EY, continue to wind their way through the Federal Court.
- Edmund Tadros
March 2019
Sandalwood ruptures continue for ex-Quintis growers
Haven't the sandalwood growers dragged into the implosion of short target Quintis suffered enough?
- Myriam Robin