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Rugby Australia faces potential court action over Melbourne Rebels axing
Sports 2024-05-30 11:23 pm By Andy Sidler

Rugby Australia faces a possible legal fight following its decision to bar the Melbourne Rebels from participating in the 2025 Super rugby Pacific competition, after a private consortium failed to convince the league of the Rebels’ financial viability. 

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PwC, former acting CEO sued for defamation by ousted partner
Tax 2024-05-29 11:24 pm By Christine Caulfield

A former PricewaterhouseCoopers partner has brought defamation proceedings over public statements he alleges falsely linked him to the tax leaks scandal that rocked the professional services firm last year.

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Noumi, ASIC fight ruling that privilege over PwC report waived during probe
Appeals 2024-05-28 11:27 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Noumi and ASIC are challenging a finding that the food manufacturer waived legal professional privilege over a PricewaterhouseCoopers report commissioned by its lawyers at Ashurst by disclosing the report during an ASIC investigation.

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PwC faces negligence case over tax liability for $100M estate
Tax 2024-05-21 12:47 pm By Cindy Cameronne

PricewaterhouseCoopers is facing a lawsuit by the executor of a deceased estate alleging the accounting firm gave negligent advice and acted with a conflict of interest while advising on tax liabilities for the deceased’s $100 million in assets.

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Insurers for failed finance lender Axsesstoday settle class action claims
Class Actions 2024-05-06 2:00 pm By Christine Caulfield

A class action against failed asset finance lender Axsesstoday and auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers has reached an in-principle settlement with the lender’s insurers.

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PwC says it’s not liable for employee’s alleged sexual harassment at Sydney bars
Employment 2024-05-02 2:53 pm By Sam Matthews

PricewaterhouseCoopers has struck back at claims in a Fair Work suit brought by a graduate associate, denying liability for the alleged sexual harassment by the woman’s manager at multiple Sydney bars.

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PwC says former senior associate was not axed for bullying complaints
Employment 2024-04-30 11:17 pm By Sam Matthews

PricewaterhouseCoopers has hit back at an employment suit filed by a former senior associate, saying the decision to terminate her employment was “entirely unrelated” to complaints she made about a supervisor’s “repeated bullying”.

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Senate report blasts PwC’s ‘cover-up’ of tax leaks scandal
Tax 2024-03-27 11:02 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A Senate committee has slammed PricewaterhouseCoopers for hiding behind legal professional privilege and refusing to release a report by law firm Linklaters into alleged wrongdoing by international partners, as the committee seeks more information about PwC partners involved in the firm’s leak of confidential Treasury information.

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Former PwC senior associate accuses firm of ‘repeated indifference’ to bullying complaints
Employment 2024-03-18 11:59 pm By Christine Caulfield

A former senior associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers has sued the accounting giant alleging she was sacked after 16 years at the firm for making complaints about a supervisor’s “repeated bullying”.

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Scyne has ‘grave concern’ about defecting partner setting up competing business, court told
Employment 2024-03-07 9:01 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Government consulting firm Scyne Advisory has argued it is entitled to enforce a non-compete clause to stop a partner from jumping to competitor Downer EDI, citing concerns she will be setting up a competing business.

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