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PwC drawn into CBL litigation in liquidator's suit

PwC drawn into CBL litigation in liquidator's suit

CBL Insurance’s actuary PwC is one of several parties being sued by the collapsed insurer’s liquidators in proceedings filed late last year. The case is the latest keeping lawyers busy following the February 2018 collapse of NZX-listed CBL Corporation, which had a market capitali...

Victoria Young 04 Feb 2020
CBL’s Harris to plead not guilty to SFO charges

CBL’s Harris to plead not guilty to SFO charges

Former CBL Corporation chief executive Peter Harris says he will plead not guilty to charges brought by the Serious Fraud Office following an investigation into the insurer’s 2018 collapse. The fraud agency said in December last year it had filed criminal charges following an inv...

Victoria Young 03 Feb 2020
Climate change case against Fonterra, Genesis and major corporates kicks off

Climate change case against Fonterra, Genesis and major corporates kicks off

Lawyers for Fonterra, Genesis Energy, Dairy Holdings, NZ Steel, Z Energy, NZ Refining and BT Mining all attended the High Court at Auckland this morning to fight off a claim by climate activist Mike Smith. Smith, chair of the Climate Change Iwi Leaders Group, argues the corporate...

Victoria Young 03 Feb 2020
Foreign buyer ban puts investment into new builds - Infometrics
Property

Foreign buyer ban puts investment into new builds - Infometrics

The government's ban on foreign buyers of existing residential property may be having the desired effect of pushing overseas investment into new builds, according to economic consultancy Infometrics. The Overseas Investment Amendment Bill came into effect on Oct. 22, 2018, preven...

Dan Brunskill 31 Jan 2020


Victoria Young
Victoria Young

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With a professional career spanning New Zealand, Singapore, and London, Victoria Young has been with BusinessDesk since 2019, initially as a senior reporter before taking on the role of investigations editor in 2022, then editor in 2024. 
She has been instrumental in growing BusinessDesk as this country’s premium business news brand.
She was the 2023 recipient of a Brian Gaynor initiative grant.
Victoria holds law and arts degrees from Victoria University of Wellington. 
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