‘Elusive and obstructive’: Eric Watson accepts legal challenge

‘Elusive and obstructive’: Eric Watson accepts legal challenge
Eric Watson is believed to be in Ibiza. (Image: Facebook)
Victoria Young
Kiwi expat businessman Eric Watson has accepted service of a $57 million legal challenge, just days before time ran out for the liquidators making the claim.A high court judge said the former high-flying Warriors and Hanover owner had been “elusive and obstructive” as it took liquidators nearly a year to serve documents on him.Liquidators at KPMG took control of Watson’s Cullen Investments in December 2019, after the Inland Revenue Department (IRD) won a tax judgment against it.According to a minute of Justice Simon Moore, liq...

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