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Deloitte may ask court to keep lid on class action settlement
Accounting 2023-08-24 2:35 pm By Sam Matthews

Deloitte may seek confidentiality orders over the amount it agreed to pay to settle a shareholder class action over its audits of collapsed construction group Hastie.

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Pitcher Partners loses second bid to toss $127M Twigg family lawsuit
Accounting 2023-08-23 3:40 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Pitcher Partners has lost its appeal of a decision that refused to stay a lawsuit over the accounting firm’s alleged involvement in race car driver Max Twigg’s misappropriation of $127 million from his family. 

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Deloitte settles class action over Hastie audits
Accounting 2023-08-16 10:13 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Deloitte has settled a shareholder class action over its audits of collapsed construction group Hastie, a case which dragged on for six years as the accounting firm unsuccessfully fought to shield its audit reports.

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Blue Sky director points finger at EY in shareholder class action
Accounting 2023-08-15 10:55 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A Blue Sky director has pointed the finger at auditor Ernst & Young in a class action alleging the collapsed investment firm misled shareholders by misstating its assets under management. 

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Ousted partner claims he was defamed by PwC amid tax leaks crisis
Accounting 2023-08-11 11:29 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A PricewaterhouseCoopers partner may launch defamation proceedings against the professional services firm over two press releases which he says falsely linked him to a tax leaks scandal in an attempt to “offer scapegoats” to the public. 

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In ‘significant’ ruling, CuDeco class action wins access to full KPMG audit report
Accounting 2023-08-11 12:39 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has ordered KPMG to turn over its complete audit files for CuDeco in a shareholder class action against the defunct mining company’s former company directors and the accounting firm over allegedly misleading statements about the value of ore reserves at CuDeco’s Rocklands mines in Queensland.

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EY points finger at Blue Sky in shareholder class action defence
Accounting 2023-07-31 10:32 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Auditor Ernst & Young has filed cross-claims against Blue Sky in a shareholder class action accusing the collapsed investment firm of misleading shareholders by misstating its assets under management.

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Arrium class action’s potential loss of contingency fee irrelevant to transfer fight, KPMG says
Accounting 2023-07-27 5:06 pm By Christine Caulfield

The possibility that a NSW judge will revoke a contingency fee order made in a class action over Arrium’s collapse is irrelevant to whether the proceedings should be transferred from Victoria to the appropriate forum, Arrium’s auditor KPMG has told a court.

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Linchpin liquidators have case against Grant Thornton, Moore Stephens: judge
Accounting 2023-07-26 11:26 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has found that a case brought by the liquidators of investment firm Linchpin Capital against auditors Grant Thornton and Moore Stephens for signing off on the compliance plan for a registered fund that allegedly misused investor money has legs.

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PwC partner wins court order barring forced departure amid leaks crisis
Accounting 2023-07-20 3:42 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A PricewaterhouseCoopers partner who is suing the accounting firm for giving him the boot over a tax leaks scandal has won an interim injunction restraining the board of partners from forcing him to leave before his case is heard.

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