Peter Horrey, the Membership Secretary of Aura - the industry body for professional recording artists and studio producers - has been dismissed following what are being described as "significant financial irregularities". The organisation says it uncovered "financial problems" during the handing over of its financial transactions to royalties body PPL. As a result they have secured a high court injunction to freeze Horrey's assets, brought in an independent accountant to go through the society's accounts and filed a lawsuit against its former Secretary in a bid to retrieve the allegedly missing funds.
Speaking to Music Week, Horrey said he could say little about the matter until he had secured legal repesentation: "There is a dispute, but I can't really comment until I have seen a lawyer. It is quite a serious situation."