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Ex-EY partner’s reputation ‘only thing of value to him’, court told
Tax 2024-12-17 4:20 pm By Cindy Cameronne

An ex-EY partner accused of pocketing $700,000 in commissions in a tax loss scheme wants to vindicate his reputation at trial but is weighing whether to keep his silence, a court has heard.

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Ex-EY partner accused of tax loss scheme can shield email to general counsel
Tax 2024-11-11 3:00 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A former EY partner accused of pocketing $700,000 in secret commissions can shield an email from the firm’s tax leader to its general counsel despite the firm having waived privilege. 

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‘Nonsense’: ATO slams ex-EY partner’s privilege claim over termination advice
Tax 2024-08-13 11:13 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A former EY partner who was ousted after the tax office claimed he had promoted a $700,000 tax exploitation scheme has argued he is entitled to claim privilege over communications with the accounting firm’s general counsel and an external barrister, despite EY having waived it. 

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Ex-EY partner seeks to strike out ATO case, claiming substantial defects
Tax 2024-06-19 10:07 pm By Andy Sidler

A former Ernst & Young partner accused of promoting tax exploitation schemes wants to strike out portions of the ATO’s case, but the tax office argues he has threatened the application since last year and is preoccupied with a satellite fight to keep his name out of the media.

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Ex-EY partner claims right to silence in ATO case over alleged tax exploitation schemes
Tax 2024-06-06 12:53 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A former Ernst & Young partner has claimed privilege against exposure to penalty and is seeking orders to avoid filing a defence in proceedings by the Australian Taxation Office alleging he promoted tax exploitation schemes.

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Former EY partner tries again to keep identity under lid in tax case
Tax 2024-03-25 11:04 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A former EY partner is trying again to keep their identity secret in proceedings brought by the Tax Office alleging they promoted tax exploitation schemes.

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Former EY partner sued over tax loss scheme commissions
Tax 2024-03-21 4:43 pm By Sam Matthews

A client of EY has sued a former partner at the firm, accusing them of collecting $700,000 in secret payments as part of a tax loss scheme.

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NIB wins unpaid loans from Whitecoat developer after $42.5M sale to CBA
Healthcare 2023-06-28 4:02 pm By Gareth Baker

The developer of healthcare directory app Whitecoat must pay health insurer and joint venture partner NIB $1.6 million for loans that were never repaid following the app’s sale to the Commonwealth Bank for $42.5 million in 2021. 

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Docs seized in AFP raid of convicted land mogul’s offices can be handed to liquidators
Restructuring & Insolvency 2019-08-07 8:25 pm By Miklos Bolza

The Full Federal Court has dismissed two appeals by convicted land mogul Allen Caratti seeking to prevent liquidators of five of his companies from obtaining documents seized in two 2015 raids by the Australian Federal Police.

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