LIQUOR distributor Giorgio Ferrari is claiming more than $6 million from LifeBrandz, the company behind nightspot Cafe Del Mar and the now-defunct Ministry of Sound.

A LAWYER has stepped in to help a 16-year-old girl appeal against a four-year sentence for loan- shark-related crimes. Mr Shriniwas Rai has taken on the case of Nur Azilah Ithnin for free.

In August, the teenager had pleaded guilty before a Community Court to seven of 13 charges of harassing debtors, mischief by fire and attempted mischief.

A SINGAPORE company has lost its suit against an Australian mining company which backed out of a multi-million-dollar deal between them following last year's Sichuan earthquake.

The High Court on Wednesday ruled in favour of Australia-based Newport Mining, which walked away from buying a stake in Norwest Holdings' China subsidiary in the quake-hit province.