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Charles Russell Speechlys successful in longest-running Cayman Islands trial

01 June 2018

Charles Russell Speechlys successful in longest-running Cayman Islands trial

The Grand Court of the Cayman Islands has found in favour of the liquidators of six defendant companies advised by Charles Russell Speechlys LLP in the Islands’ longest ever trial (also one of the largest fraud trials ever litigated worldwide) – with circa US$9billion damages claimed.

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