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Remove items from your saved list<\/a> to add more.<\/p>\n AAA<\/p>\n Sacked KPMG executive Eileen Hoggett is suing the firm after her abrupt dismissal<\/a> over confidential client documents kept in her work locker.<\/p>\n The NSW Supreme Court confirmed that a summons has been lodged in her name against a KPMG entity with the first hearing scheduled for September 23.<\/p>\n No court documents are available at this stage.<\/p>\n The court listing shows she is legally represented by employment law specialist Bryan Belling.<\/p>\n Related Article Hoggett, a former chief operating officer, has said previously that she copped a hefty financial penalty from being expelled from the firm in July. KPMG has been thrown into turmoil by damaging allegations aired by a whistleblower<\/a> that confidential client data was accessed and used to win new clients.<\/p>\n She was expelled from the firm in July after new evidence emerged to support a whistleblower\u2019s allegation that sensitive Lendlease board documents had been kept in a locker in KPMG\u2019s Sydney office.<\/p>\n The board documents were used to win business with other clients. The locker was Hoggett\u2019s.<\/p>\n New CEO John Sams<\/a> sacked her immediately over the issue, after Hoggett had previously denied the documents were in the locker.<\/p>\n \u201cTo say I am angry about this is an understatement. The conduct was totally unacceptable, and it is unacceptable that it has taken so long for us to get to this point,\u201d Sams told partners when Hoggett\u2019s expulsion was announced.<\/p>\n \u201cI was provided with a copy of an email dated back from 1 May 2023, three weeks ago, that would convey that I had a copy of Lendlease documents that were in my locker,\u201d Hoggett told a public hearing into the whistleblower scandal last month.<\/p>\n The email was tabled in the public hearing last month: \u201cI think we confidentially allow him to look at the printed version in my locker when he is back in Sydney. He needs to do it sensitively without letting too many people know,\u201d she said in an email that concluded with a smiley emoji.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Hoggett told the hearing: \u201cThere is no one more disappointed in me than myself at this email,\u201d but Hoggett also said she was still trying to ascertain the reason for her unprecedented sacking, and attested to the financial cost.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t get my accrued annual leave. I don\u2019t get the retirement payment, which I contributed to as a partner for 21 years, and I did not get paid for the last month up until to the date of my expulsion. So [it\u2019s a] significant financial penalty,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Related Article Hoggett had already resigned over the scandal but had yet to leave the firm. She would have left with a significant retirement benefit \u2013 expected to exceed a million dollars \u2013 if that had proceeded.<\/p>\n Former KPMG boss Andrew Yates, who resigned over the scandal in May<\/a>, received a retirement payment of $2.4 million, including $1.7 million in lieu of notice.<\/p>\n Hoggett told the hearing that her abrupt sacking had no precedent within the KPMG partnership, and she had no opportunity to respond.<\/p>\n \u201cI was out walking one morning, and I received a call from the CEO [John Sams], who advised that I was being expelled. I asked to understand the rationale and the reason for that because that is unprecedented. It\u2019s something that\u2019s never occurred in our partnership before.\u201d<\/p>\n Law firm Corrs, which is advising Hoggett in relation to the regulatory investigations by ASIC and accounting body CAANZ, declined to comment.<\/p>\n KPMG declined to comment.<\/p>\n At a public hearing of the parliamentary committee on Friday, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is expected to provide an update on the investigation<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Market Recap newsletter is a wrap of the day\u2019s trading. Get it each weekday afternoon<\/a>.<\/p>\n Save<\/p>\n You have reached your maximum number of saved items.<\/p>\n Remove items from your saved list<\/a> to add more.<\/p>\n![\"Former](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/89a43bfc2087ea13b10c72e6d10f09c316ee1e19.jpeg\")
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