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Maybe happy ending for EY after mass defection of tax team to Alvarez & Marsal
Tax 2025-07-03 11:23 pm By Christine Caulfield

Likening its position to the “Goldilocks zone”, EY has secured documents from rival Alvarez & Marsal as it weighs potential litigation over the mass departure of partners and staff from its international tax practice.

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Funder hit with costs in failed class action against EY, Quintis director
Class Actions 2025-06-20 11:03 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The funder of a failed class action against the founder of sandalwood producer Quintis and EY and has been hit with costs, despite arguing the order would set a bad precedent. 

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Former EY partner banned for alleged tax evasion
Tax 2025-05-16 4:16 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A former EY partner who is in court over an alleged tax exploitation scheme has been banned for five years by the Tax Practitioner’s Board, which claims he engaged in “serious, deliberate and dishonest” misconduct. 

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Mills Oakley snags real estate, financial services partners for Melbourne office
People In The News 2025-04-10 11:47 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Mills Oakley has hired two new partners for its financial services and national property teams.

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Ex-EY partner told clients tax scheme ‘risky but not illegal’, court hears
Tax 2025-03-31 3:51 pm By Andy Sidler

On the first day of trial in the Tax Office’s case against a former EY partner accused of marketing a tax loss access scheme and pocketing $700,000 in the process, the court heard former clients were assured the scheme was “risky but not illegal”. 

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Charter Hall locks down 10-year lease with EY
Real Estate 2025-03-17 4:09 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Accounting firm EY has signed a 10-year lease with Charter Hall for its new Melbourne headquarters in the East End Place precinct, just a stone’s throw from Parliament.

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Clayton Utz snags EY risk advisory pro
Business of Law 2025-02-14 11:19 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Risk advisory expert Doug Nixon has joined Clayton Utz as a partner after 20 years at Ernst & Young.

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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 taking $700K in secret commissions won’t ‘show hand’
Tax 2024-10-04 3:30 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A former EY partner accused of pocketing $700,000 in secret commissions as part of a tax loss scheme has invoked privilege against exposure to penalty in a client’s suit.

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High Court asked to overrule Brewster in solicitors’ CFO case
Class Actions 2024-09-24 3:34 pm By Sam Matthews

If it takes up the Federal Court’s ruling in favour of solicitors seeking to earn a cut from a class action, the High Court will be asked to overrule its 2019 decision against common fund orders.

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