NMC Health "frustrated and obstructed" EY's ability to detect widespread fraud at the healthcare chain, lawyers for the Big Four firm said in its defense against a £2 billion ($2.7 billion) High Court claim Thursday.
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EY Says NMC Health Obstructed Detection Of £2B Fraud

By Sophia Dourou

NMC Health "frustrated and obstructed" EY's ability to detect widespread fraud at the healthcare chain, lawyers for the Big Four firm said in its defense against a £2 billion ($2.7 billion) High Court claim Thursday.

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Marsh Settles $143M Claim Over Losses In Greensill Collapse

By Eddie Beaver

Marsh has reached settlement in a claim of almost $143 million with investment firm White Oak, which had alleged that the insurance broker misled it when selling cover for investments in Greensill Capital, a financing firm that collapsed in 2021.

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Pogust Goodhead Sued In Brazil Over 'Abusive' Retainers

By Jamie Lennox

Brazilian prosecutors have accused Pogust Goodhead of inserting "abusive" clauses into the retainers of the clients it is representing in a £36 billion ($48 billion) claim over the collapse of the Fundão Dam in Brazil.

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UK Gov't Denies Exploiting BA Flight For 1990 Kuwait Intel Op

By Eddie Beaver

The government has denied intentionally exploiting a commercial British Airways flight to insert military intelligence operatives into Kuwait just before the Iraq invaded its neighbor in 1990, but admitted it cannot be ruled out that unidentified officers were on board by coincidence.

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CONTRACTS

Campaigners Fight £200M Wimbledon Tennis Expansion Plan

By Sophia Dourou

A campaign group has hit back against the bid by the owner of the venue that hosts the Wimbledon tennis championships to forge ahead with a 38-court expansion project, arguing that the land on which it intends to build should remain open to the public.

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ARBITRATION

Hungarian Co. Fights Croatia Delay Bid In $236M Award Case

By Joyce Hanson

A Hungarian energy company has urged a D.C. federal court to nix Croatia's bid to stay a lawsuit aimed at enforcing a $236 million arbitral award against the country a month after it lost a motion to dismiss the suit.

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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

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Sandoz Ordered To Recall Diabetes Drug In AstraZeneca Fight

By Hanna Vioque

A London judge has ordered Sandoz to recall a specific diabetes medicine, as AstraZeneca fights to stop generic-drug makers from imminently releasing variants of its billion-dollar treatment.

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EMPLOYMENT & BENEFITS

Next Challenges Workers' £30M Equal Pay Win

By Adele Redmond

High street fashion chain Next argued Thursday that a decision siding with thousands of female shop workers in an equal pay dispute ignored the company's legitimate need to offer more to recruit and retain its predominantly male warehouse workforce.

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LIBEL & DEFAMATION

Tory Donor Battles BBC Over Corruption Libel Defense

By Ronan Barnard

Telecoms magnate and Conservative Party donor Mohamed Amersi urged a London judge Thursday to throw out part of the BBC's defense over what he asserts are the corporation's "baseless factual assertions," in the latest stage of his high-profile libel claim.

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LEGAL ETHICS & MALPRACTICE

Lawyer Denies Aiding Undercover Reporter's Fake Asylum Bid

By William Janes

A former law firm manager told a London tribunal Thursday that he denied trying to help an undercover journalist to make a bogus asylum application by suggesting they fabricate claims of persecution.

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