Eric Watson’s right-hand man targeted as Glenn continues pursuit

Eric Watson’s right-hand man targeted as Glenn continues pursuit
Victoria Young
Despite racking up $30 million in legal bills, Owen Glenn is continuing his pursuit of Eric Watson by going after his former partner's right-hand man, William Gibson. When BusinessDesk visited Glenn at his Auckland apartment earlier this month, the 79-year-old said he had spent more than $30 million on lawyers but would not stop pursuing Watson, having won a judgment in the UK courts against the high-profile expat businessman in 2018. Glenn expressed frustration at the British legal system, saying it “seems to rely on points scoring a...

More Law & Regulation

Airwork on the block to repay $145m of bank debt
Law & Regulation

Airwork on the block to repay $145m of bank debt

Airwork has an outstanding intercompany loan of $35.83m, owes trade creditors $219,000.

IRD property sector blitz finds $228m in unpaid tax
Property

IRD property sector blitz finds $228m in unpaid tax

IRD uncovered $75m from undeclared income tax and GST from property.

Garth Bray 10 Sep 2025
Workplace safety failures cost NZ $5.4b
Policy

Workplace safety failures cost NZ $5.4b

New Zealand workers are 6.5 times more likely to die at work than in the UK.

Gregor Thompson 08 Sep 2025
ANZ pays for fair-dealing breaches, avoids pecuniary penalty
Markets

ANZ pays for fair-dealing breaches, avoids pecuniary penalty

ANZ pays $3.25m to Crown for self-reported breaches of Financial Markets Conduct Act. 

Staff reporters 08 Sep 2025