Browne backer Galbally wins access to Collingwood member registry
Mediation has resolved a dispute between the Collingwood Football Club and Jeff Browne backer Francis Galbally, with the lawyer cleared to use a database of Collingwood members in order to contact them providing he does not breach the Corporations Act.
In the latest instalment of the off-field dramas which have hovered over Collingwood in 2021, barristers for both parties were in the Supreme Court last week to dispute whether a law would be broken if Galbally accessed a members’ register to contact them about a potential board spill at the club’s upcoming annual general meeting.
Collingwood president Mark Korda (left) and challenger Jeff Browne.Credit:The Age
Collingwood said late on Wednesday the matter was resolved and Galbally would withdraw his complaint to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.
“Collingwood will, by August 30, provide Mr Galbally with the club’s register of members on the basis that Mr Galbally has undertaken to the court to comply with section 177 of the Corporations Act,†the club said in a statement.
“The proceeding will be dismissed with no order as to costs.â€
Justice Peter Riordan, who heard the case on Friday, recommended that the two parties undergo mediation before another hearing on September 13.
Galbally, who comes from a prominent Collingwood family, is a supporter of former Nine boss Browne, who is a challenger to Mark Korda for the Magpies presidency.
More than 1500 members signed a petition initiated by long-time member David Hatley to call an extraordinary general meeting to overhaul the Pies board, but Hatley has walked away from the petition, handing it onto Galbally.
Korda has said candidates, including Browne, can challenge for three board positions at the AGM, which the board brought forward from February to December.
With Damien Ractliffe
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