CBL co-accused is CFO Mulholland

CBL co-accused is CFO Mulholland
Victoria Young
Name suppression for the second defendant in the Serious Fraud Office’s case relating to the downfall of CBL Corporation has lapsed.The man defending charges alongside former managing director Peter Harris is Carden Mulholland, the insurer’s former chief financial officer.The Supreme Court today confirmed no appeal had been filed in relation to a Dec. 7 judgment refusing Mulholland continued name suppression.Mulholland faces charges of theft by a person in a special relationship, obtaining by deception and false accounting. He was C...

More Law & Regulation

Minerals royalties fall 40% as Govt orders review
Primary Sector

Minerals royalties fall 40% as Govt orders review

Govt’s cut from oil and gas slumps in line with production. 

Settlement talks in Vital takeover fee stoush
Law & Regulation

Settlement talks in Vital takeover fee stoush

Empire had refused to pay Vital’s $247,036 takeover costs.

Victoria Young 24 Nov 2025
RBNZ reopens Wellington office after asbestos mayhem
Finance

RBNZ reopens Wellington office after asbestos mayhem

Bank tight-lipped on how many staff are home-working as asbestos-hit office reopens. 

Andy Macdonald 21 Nov 2025
Reform wave reshapes energy sector as investors circle NZ
Infrastructure

Reform wave reshapes energy sector as investors circle NZ

Nearly half of surveyed offshore investors planning an acquisition.

Ian Llewellyn 21 Nov 2025