EY has won the right to see a trove of documents in a court case over the defection of partners from the big four consultancy to an upstart rival after a judge agreed to a request he likened to Oliver Twist’s plea “Please, sir, I want some more”.
The five former EY Australia partners and their new employer, consulting firm Alvarez & Marsal, must now hand over material about their exit from the big firm as it considers whether to pursue them for breaching its partnership agreement.
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