Bail Out

Northern Rock: The Latest Chapter

June 16, 2009 Ainsley Brown Leave a comment

By: Ainsley Brown This is an update to Shareholders Fail in Human Rights Cases Against UK Government. The Northern Rock shareholder group, lead by the Hedge Funds SRM Global and RAB Capital, last week launched their appeal of the decision reach in the High Court about the UK government’s nationalization compensations scheme. The appeal comes in the form of judicial

Banking, Bankruptcy/Insolvency/Restructuring, Economy, Government Policy, Human Rights, Investment, Litigation, Regulation

Shareholders Fail in Human Rights Cases Against UK Government

February 24, 2009 Ainsley Brown One comment

By: Ainsley Brown This is a follow up to: More Human Rights Cases Being Brought by Companies. The former shareholders of Northern Rock, principally lead by the hedge funds SRM Global and RAB Capital, have failed in their attempt to use human rights law in their case against the UK government – HM Revenue & Customs and the Bank of

Banking, Bankruptcy/Insolvency/Restructuring, Government Policy, Human Rights, Litigation