Choppies Auditors Forced To Provide Ottapathu, Ismail Details

Farouk Ismail
Farouk Ismail

Choppies’ former auditors, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) have been forced by the court to provide the retail giant’s chief executive officer, Ramachandran Ottapathu and founder, Farouk Ismail with further particulars, as the matter sets for trial in May 2020.

The auditors, who are entangled in a P450 million lawsuit with the outfit’s bosses and shareholders, were last week ordered by High Court judge Boipuso Tshweneyagae to provide the pair with further particulars regarding the audit they have been requesting for better trial preparation.

According to the ruling, the auditors would have to provide the particulars of the audit they carried for Choppies despite constantly denying owing any legal duty to the outfit’s bosses.

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