Yes, Ann Crotty, HCI is a good corporate citizen plus more
HCI boss Johnny Copelyn hits back at what he says is unwarranted criticism of the group
I don’t generally respond to articles about HCI. However, persistent unbalanced criticism without ever being allowed to offer an explanation does occasionally demand a reply (Is HCI an exemplary corporate citizen? October 26). Worse, of course, is when the issues on which one is attacked are sub judice and one has to keep one’s eyes focused on the litigation, no matter how provocative the article. Unfortunately, the KWV saga will have to wait for progress in the courts. On the competition matter, however, the granting of the Competition Appeal Court judgment this week does allow one to reply without fear of undermining a court case that is in progress. Ann Crotty has it that it was somehow wrongful for us to challenge what we saw as an unbearably obstructive ruling from the Competition Tribunal. She suggested my wily character may even allow us to win that litigation — which happily we have since done — but that it is not nice and certainly sits badly next to claims of trying to be ...
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