EY coughs up over £100m to settle NMC Health court conflict Big Four Big Four giant EY is understood to have paid over £100m to settle a High Court claim brought by former FTSE 100 company NMC Health that collapsed during a fraud scandal. Both EY and the healthcare provider reached a confidential agreement in February to settle the claims, which were brought four years ago against EY for [...]
EY’s legal provisions balloon 300 per cent as audit battles mount Big Four Big Four giant EY has reported a surge of over 300 per cent in its legal provisions, as the firm grapples with the fallout of high-profile audit failures and regulatory crackdowns. According to the firm’s latest results on Companies House, EY didn’t just add a small buffer; it added £188m in new claims-related charges in [...]
EY avoids judgment in £2bn case as Alvarez & Marsal reach ‘confidential agreement’ Big Four The mammoth legal fight against the Big Four giant EY over its auditing of a former London-listed health giant that collapsed amid fraud allegations has been withdrawn following a settlement. Private hospital operator NMC Health Plc collapsed in April 2020 after being placed into administration, and was delisted from the London Stock Exchange in the [...]
EY accused of missing ‘red flag’ in NMC collapse October 14, 2025 Big Four firm EY UK was accused of being “grossly negligent” and failing in its most fundamental audit duties over seven years, allowing a massive fraud to continue and ultimately causing NMC’s financial collapse. The mammoth £2.7bn legal battle between EY and its former clients, a London-listed health giant that collapsed after allegations of fraud, [...]
EY labels former head of EY Abu Dhabi a ‘fraudster’ in £2.7bn legal battle May 21, 2025 EY UK's barrister described the former head of EY Abu Dhabi as "plainly a fraudster" in the openings at the £2.7bn legal battle
EY’s £2.7bn legal fight over NMC Health audits May 19, 2025 A mammoth legal fight against EY over its auditing of a former London-listed health giant that collapsed after allegations of fraud starts today
EY faces $2.7bn lawsuit over NMC Health audit May 28, 2022 The administrators of collapsed healthcare group NMC Health’s bankruptcy proceedings have filed a $2.7bn (£2.1bn) lawsuit against Big Four accountancy firm EY, over claims the auditor failed to spot a multi-billion-dollar fraud at the former-FTSE 100 firm. The High Court lawsuit claims EY failed to spot NMC Health’s accounts had been fraudulently misstated, that the [...]
BR Shetty seeks India probe into NMC Health and Finablr bosses October 12, 2020 Indian entrepreneur BR Shetty has filed a complaint with federal investigative agencies in India, seeking a probe into two former top executives of his companies and two Indian banks linked to the multibillion dollar scandal engulfing his business empire. Several firms linked to Shetty including UAE hospital operator NMC Health and payments firm Finablr have [...]
Former bosses of Finablr and NMC Health face fraud accusations August 23, 2020 The former chief executives of Finablr and NMC Health are among a group of 17 people who are claimed to have embezzled millions of UAE dirhams from the firms, the Sunday Telegraph reported today. According to a report prepared for billionaire tycoon Bavaguthu Shetty, who founded the companies, brothers Prasanth and Promoth Manghat, who led [...]
NMC Health strives to avoid administration after being hit by creditor court action April 6, 2020 Scandal-hit NMC Health is working to avoid going into administration after being hit by a court action brought by one of its creditors. The London-listed company said today that lawyers acting for Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (ADCB) filed an application on 2 April in the High Court to appoint administrators to NMC with a hearing [...]
