Cases & Deals

WMRC seeks advice in waste management dispute with DiCOM AWT

Client(s) Western Metropolitan Regional Council

Jones Day is acting for the Western Metropolitan Regional Council (WMRC) in disputes with DiCOM AWT Operations (DiCOM), the operator of a waste processing facility on the WMRC's land. The WMRC and DiCOM also entered a long term waste supply agreement as part of that arrangement. Jones Day advised the WMRC through the period when DiCOM was in administration and is acting in multiple proceedings in the Supreme Court of Western Australia. Jones Day also helped the WMRC obtain declaratory relief in a trial of preliminary issues and successfully defended the appeal from that trial.

DiCOM AWT Operations Pty Ltd v. City of Stirling [2019] WASCA 117; Western Metropolitan Regional Council v. DiCOM Operations Pty Ltd [2018] WASC 229; City of Stirling v. DiCOM AWT Operations Pty Ltd [2018] WASC 228; Western Metropolitan Regional Council v. DiCOM Operations Pty Ltd [2018] WASC 81