By Phil Boeyen, ShareChat Business News Editor
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Monday 22nd April 2002 |
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The company claims a former supplier, Judith Bell of Tauranga, has recently changed her legal name to Stephen Robert Tindall and may seek to make public statements under that name.
"As a successful, publicly listed company, The Warehouse is advising news media in order to minimise the risk that confusion over any action Ms Bell might take could impact the company commercially," says CEO Greg Muir.
Mr Muir alleges that Ms Bell's grievance relates to a decision taken by The Warehouse more than eight years ago to cease doing business with the supplier.
"Since then, the Bells have personalised their attack on The Warehouse founder Stephen Tindall as a means of trying to get The Warehouse to pay them money. The Warehouse has refused."
"Ms Bell was bankrupted recently at the Rotorua High Court. The Warehouse was not a creditor in the proceedings. She had attempted to be bankrupted in the name of Stephen Robert Tindall, but the court adjudged her bankrupt in the name Judith Bell."
Mr Muir says the company believes that Judith Bell has supplied news organisations from an email address containing the Stephen Tindall name.
Stephen Tindall founded The Warehouse in 1982 and stood down as CEO in January last year. He remains a director of the company.
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