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Deloitte bid to stop Rio Tinto dragged into retirement case – The Australian Financial Review
Deloitte is trying to stop senior executives from its major client Rio Tinto being dragged into a court challenge against its alleged policy that partners retire…
He says Deloitte’s alleged deception caused him stress and anxiety and threatened his ability to be open and honest with Rio Tinto.
Barrister for Deloitte, Richard McHugh, SC, said the firm’s alleged representations to Rio Tinto should be struck out as the issue had not caused Mr Brown any loss and could result in the case becoming “an inquiry into a state of mind of a multinational corporation”.
“What did Rio Tinto believe? What was its connection to the distress he suffered?” he said. “Will we…
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