Oates trial starting

Tuesday, 27 July, 2004 - 22:00

The long-awaited trial of former Bond Corp executive Tony Oates starts next week in the Supreme Court of Western Australia.

Mr Oates has retained Sydney-based QC Elizabeth Fullerton to head his defence on 15 charges relating to the Bond Corp takeover of Bell Group in the late 1980s.

Most of the charges relate to the former WA companies code, under which he is accused of acting dishonestly as a director and using his position improperly.

Mr Oates denies the charges.