Former City trader’s rate rigging conviction overturned Legal A former City trader previously convicted of rigging the Euribor interest rates has had his fraud conviction overturned. Christian Bittar, formerly a trader at Deutsche Bank, had his conviction overturned by the Court of Appeal on Friday after being sentenced to five years in prison for rigging the primary European interest rate, the Euro Interbank [...]
Prince Harry braces for eye watering legal bill after Daily Mail defeat Lawsuit The litigation costs Prince Harry and a group of six other household names will have to pay the Daily Mail’s publisher are set to be decided on Friday after the group lost their high-profile phone-hacking case. The celebrity group waged a long-running legal battle against Associated Newspapers over allegations of illegal information gathering and phone [...]
FA accused of stalling brain damage lawsuit from former players Sport Business Football chiefs have been accused of “deliberately stalling” a landmark lawsuit brought by former players who suffered “life-altering” brain damage as the legal battle resumes today. The Football Association, English Football League and FA of Wales are the defendants in a case brought by 30 former players and their families who say the game’s authorities [...]