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SFO faces £10m legal bill on collapsed pharma investigation

SFO was misguided I have maintained from the very beginning of this case that on the facts as alleged no criminal offence was revealed. It is one of the best days in my professional career for my team to have succeeded and be proved correct. I remonstrated with assistant director, Philip Lewis, who was seen by many to be the driver behind this case. Given that the Enterprise Act, which was specifically brought in to deal with criminal breaches in respect of cartel activity, was not in force at the time will lead many to believe, as I do, that the decision to launch a prosecution was misconceived.

4-Dec-2008

3:18 pm