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02 June 2017
Issue: 7748 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Costs

Re the RBS Rights Issue Litigation [2017] EWHC 1217 (Ch), [2017] All ER (D) 173 (May)

The Chancery Division ruled, on an application by the defendants in the Royal Bank of Scotland rights issue litigation, that Hunnewell BVI, a company which had been identified as having provided funds to assist the claimants in their claims, should provide security for the defendants’/applicants’ costs of £7.5m.

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NEWS
NLJ's latest Charities Appeals Supplement has been published in this week’s issue
The treasury has sought to reassure the legal profession over concerns about cost, bureaucracy and independence when the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) takes over regulation of anti-money laundering compliance
One out of two barristers has come under pressure from clients to act unethically, according to the results of this year’s Barristers’ Working Lives survey
The Court of Appeal has held the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) was wrong to set aside a Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) decision on unfair pricing of phenytoin, an epilepsy drug
A flagship employment law reform is due to come into effect on 1 July, extending unfair dismissal rights to employees after six months in their job instead of two years
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