Uber manager turned Antler VC grilled in court over GoCatch dispute
The extent to which former Uber general manager Mike Abbott was aware the ride-share company flouted laws by using unaccredited drivers has become central to its ongoing court battle with GoCatch.
Former Uber general manager Mike Abbott has denied lying in court about the extent he was aware the ride-share company may have acted illegally while launching in Australia with unaccredited drivers.
In the long-running dispute, GoCatch alleges Uber breached transport laws and allowed unregistered drivers to operate on its ridesharing app while it sought to "squash" its Australian rival.
In emails shown to the Supreme Court of Victoria on Wednesday, Uber's then policy head for Asia Pacific, Jordan Condo, discussed with Abbott a plan to approach the police union, rather than the police, when it launched in Australia.
"We won’t get as friendly a reception from the actual police because we ARE breaking the law and we risk them telling us 'don’t do that'," Condo wrote in the 2014 emails.
