Harold Mitchell receives $90K fine for tennis deal

November 5, 2020 9:34

Ad industry stalwart and former Tennis Australia Vice President Harold Mitchell has received a pecuniary penalty of A$90,000 for breaching his director’s duties.

Justice Beach of the Federal Court of Australia has imposed the penalty on Mitchell following a 2013 decision by the Tennis Australia Board to award the domestic television broadcast rights for the Australian Open tennis tournament to the Seven Network.

The Court found that Mitchell’s action to pass information to Seven West Media’s Bruce McWilliam contravened s180(1) of the Corporations Act on three occasions. Further allegations of breaches of s180(1), and alleged breaches of sections 182 and 183 of the Corporations Act, were dismissed.

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Olivia Kruimel

Olivia Kruimel was the managing editor at Mumbrella. She has more than 15 years of experience in journalism, communications and marketing. Her journalism career began at Fairfax Media (now part of Nine) and includes various B2B publications such as B&T, Travel Today and ALB. As a marketer Olivia has worked for Standard Chartered and various global law firms.