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Court asked to determine if documents held by FAI's auditors are privileged

Summary

The ODCE has asked the High Court to decide whether certain documents held by the FAI's auditors Deloitte are legally privileged. In a motion under the 2014 Companies Act, the ODCE wants Ms Justice Leonie Reynolds to examine the material provided by Deloitte as part of the probe into "certain matters" concerning the association. The court is expected to rule before the end of the month on whether the documents given by the association to the director are privileged. Kerida Naidoo SC, for the ODCE, explained that the judge was asked to look at sections of four documents concerning Deloitte. Three of these had already been supplied to the court, while the fourth was in a sealed envelope. The judge thanked Deloitte for its assistance and adjourned the matter.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Court asked to determine if documents held by FAI's auditors are privileged. Procedural stage: hearing_or_decision

When:

• January 1st 2016 Other
• March 21st 2019 Other
• February 2016 Other
• June 2017 Hearing Or Sentence
• December 2017 Hearing Or Sentence
• January 2018 Other
• 2019-07-23 Publication

Why: It has made the claim of privilege in order to protect the FAI's position against third parties and not the ODCE. CNI source report

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Stage Hearing Or Decision

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