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In rare shareholder class action trial, Slater & Gordon investor takes stand
Andrew Roe 2021-11-15 8:27 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

The lead applicant in a shareholder class action over Slater & Gordon’s disastrous $1.2 billion Quindell acquisition has said he might have “dumped” his stock before the firm experienced massive losses in 2016 if not for Pitcher Partners and Ernst & Young’s allegedly faulty advice.

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EY says Pitcher Partners ‘solely responsible’ in Slater & Gordon class action
Andrew Roe 2021-11-12 4:07 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Accounting firm Pitcher Partners was “solely responsible” for giving allegedly negligent advice about Slater & Gordon’s disastrous $1.2 billion Quindell acquisition ahead of the law firm’s massive losses in 2016, Ernst & Young has argued at trial in a long-running class action by the firm’s shareholders.

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Pitcher Partners, EY point finger at Slater & Gordon’s lawyers in class action trial
Andrew Roe 2021-11-11 9:45 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Accounting firms Pitcher Partners and Ernst & Young have blamed the lawyers who advised on Slater & Gordon’s disastrous $1.2 Quindell acquisition for the its massive losses in 2016, saying they failed to point out the “commercial misjudgment” of agreeing to the deal.

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Slater & Gordon shareholders say EY, Pitcher Partners’ audit was ‘superficial’
Andrew Roe 2021-11-10 9:05 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Accounting firms EY and Pitcher Partners ignored “front page news” that Slater & Gordon’s acquired business Quindell was scrutinised by a UK regulator after reporting a $250 million (£137 million) loss, a court heard on the second day of trial in a class action by the law firm’s shareholders.

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Pitcher Partners, EY audit blamed for $800M drop in value of Slater & Gordon’s acquired business
Andrew Roe 2021-11-09 8:50 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Accounting firm Pitcher Partners gave faulty advice ahead of Slater & Gordon’s disastrous $1.2 billion Quindell acquisition that was responsible for $800 million in the business’ value “disappearing” within six months, a court heard on the first day of trial in a long-running class action by the law firm’s shareholders.

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Rate-rigging class action pleadings OK’d, more than two years after case filed
Allen & Overy 2021-10-28 3:56 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A judge has given the green light to amended pleadings in a class action accusing major banks of entering a cartel agreement to rig foreign exchange rates, bringing a two-year fight over the pleadings closer to resolution.

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Arnold Bloch Leibler, Slater & Gordon settle class action over Quindell acquisition
Accounting 2021-10-27 12:16 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

An in-principle settlement has been reached with law firms Arnold Bloch Leibler and Slater & Gordon in a class action over Slater & Gordon’s disastrous $1.2 billion Quindell acquisition.

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Arrium class action plaintiffs can’t delay hearing on group costs order
Ashurst 2021-10-22 3:01 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

The Victorian Supreme Court will push ahead with a hearing for a group costs order in a class action by Arrium shareholders despite requests by the applicants that it be put off until after judgment is issued on the second-ever group costs order request.

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Settlement talks fail in Pitcher Partners, Arnold Bloch Leibler class actions
Accounting 2021-10-15 4:05 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Two class actions against Pitcher Partners and Arnold Bloch Leibler over advice given ahead of Slater & Gordon’s disastrous $1.2 billion Quindell acquisition will proceed to trial next month after mediation between the parties failed to resolve the cases.

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‘Hundreds of lawyers’ could overwhelm combustible cladding class action, court told
Amelia Smith 2021-10-06 2:05 pm By Bianca Hrovat Sydney

“Hundreds of lawyers” could overwhelm Microsoft Teams if German cladding manufacturer 3A Composites continues adding cross-claimants in a class action over highly flammable building materials, a court has heard.

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