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SFO faces £10m legal bill on collapsed pharma investigation

A Round of Applause I would like to applaud all the legal teams involved particularly those from Jones Day, DLA Piper, Norton Rose and SJ Berwin who led the way to the Court of Appeal and eventually to the House of Lords and did a marvelous job. The decision made by those representing the corporate defendants to mount the legal challenge when they did (a decision which was not universally agreed with), the preparation of and legal arguments presented by Counsel at those hearings, these arguments are what ultimately led to the collapse of this case. I will echo the sentiments already expressed that the Prosecution should never have been brought in the first place and the erroneous decision to prosecute has ultimately led to a waste of substantial amounts of tax payers money!

4-Dec-2008

5:25 pm