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...The judge, however, cleared the SFO of other wider wrongdoing, including misfeasance in public office. The £21mn claim by ENRC is part of a wider £70mn lawsuit over the SFO’s probe into the company....
...In his almost 400-page ruling, Mr Justice Waksman dismissed the company’s claim that the SFO had committed misfeasance in public office during the course of its investigation into ENRC, which began in 2013...
...It has accused the agency of misfeasance in public office — claims the SFO denies. ENRC originally hired Gerrard to investigate an anonymous whistleblower’s allegations relating to one of its mines....
...firm Bär & Karrer, and Mark Phillips QC, from London’s South Square Chambers, known for his expertise on sports and financial cases such as successfully defending the Bank of England in a high-profile misfeasance...
...ENRC is suing the SFO for misfeasance in public office for allegedly launching a wrongful criminal investigation into it despite having insufficient evidence....
...The former FTSE 100 miner, which was taken private in 2013 following the allegations of corruption, is suing the SFO for misfeasance in public office and inducing a breach of fiduciary duty, for encouraging...
...The auditors were sued for misfeasance in failing to spot this, having relied on fraudulent certificates prepared by one of the directors instead of checking the stock themselves....
...The case has spawned litigation in criminal and civil courts, including a £70m claim brought by ENRC against the SFO for misfeasance in a public office in March, which the anti-fraud agency is contesting...
...The misfeasance court case centres on ENRC’s allegations surrounding the SFO’s handling of the corruption probe and behaviour of Mr Gerrard....
...Insolvency disputes often relate to the recovery of directors’ unpaid loans, breach of contract, misfeasance or director negligence, illegal dividends and wrongful trading....
...Among the grounds to terminate Mr Moonves, in turn denying him a payout, investigators cited “wilful and material misfeasance” and “wilful failure to co-operate fully with the company’s investigation”....
...ENRC has also signalled its intention to launch further court action against the SFO “for a number of claims including misfeasance in public office”....
...ENRC has also signalled its intention to launch civil proceedings against the SFO for a number of claims including misfeasance in public office, and has called for an independent inquiry into the agency’...
...get excited about their party’s candidate: a dozen stalwarts, gnawing on pizza and taking the occasional disconsolate slug of beer, could hardly rouse themselves even to heckle Mrs Clinton over her email misfeasance...
...Vincent Tchenguiz, Robert’s older brother, has already made the allegation of misfeasance in public office as part of a parallel claim against the SFO....
...The revelation comes a day after Emily Thornberry, Labour’s shadow attorney-general, called in parliament for an investigation of Mr Alderman for alleged misfeasance in public office over the nearly £1m...
...The SFO defence filing, lodged with the court on Monday evening, sets out to dispute a broad sweep of claims Mr Tchenguiz made against the agency, including misfeasance in public office, malicious prosecution...
...His lawyers also say the agency committed misfeasance in public office....
...“[Vincent Tchenguiz] has notified SFO of his intention to pursue a civil claim for damages under the Human Rights Act and for misfeasance in public office,” the agency notes in its contingent-liability section...
...He will also claim misfeasance in public office, a charge for which the SFO has, according to its accounts published last month, already provisioned....
...The SFO said in its accounts published earlier this month that it would make provision both for costs and damages to be paid to the brothers, and a separate misfeasance of public office lawsuit that Vincent...
...Maybe insurers’ fears of misfeasance, incompetence and other problems in banking and financial services are even greater than mine … Kevin Goldstein-Jackson is a private investor writing about his own investments...
...The legal costs were inflated by £130m of legal bills as Deloitte brought and later abandoned a huge and hotly contested £850m misfeasance claim brought against the Bank of England in 2005....
...On Tuesday, Mr Belhadj’s lawyers served papers on Mr Straw, referencing the article and seeking his response to allegations that he was complicit in torture and misfeasance in public office....
...somebody takes a big loss in Europe and is willing to dip into an account he shouldn’t be dipping into, unless you’ve got a policeman on the beat all the time it’s going to be hard to catch this kind of misfeasance...
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