Deloitte & Touche LLP in vicious fight with partner, Amaha Admassie, over expulsion bid

An attempt by the local arm of British audit firm Deloitte & Touche LLP to part ways with one of its eight partners, Amaha Bekele Admassie, has triggered a vicious court battle in which the two warring sides have traded multiple allegations against each other.

This is after Mr Admassie sued Nairobi-based Deloitte & Touche seeking to block attempts to terminate his partnership and challenging three clauses of the firm’s Africa Partner Manual – the consultancy’s rule book.