Group Seven Limited & Ors v Notable Services LLP & Ors provides a rare example of an appellate court overturning a judge’s findings of fact. In this case, the English Court of Appeal unanimously overturned a trial judge’s verdict that an accountant was not liable for dishonest assistance in a breach of trust, regarding his role in a money laundering scheme.
Group Seven, an investor exposed to a EUR100 million fraud, sought to recover the unreturned balance of stolen capital from a range of professionals and organisations alleged to be liable in tort and equity as lesser actors in the fraud. After an 8-week tr...
