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Reliance revisited: High Court construes statutory requirements for UK securities fraud claims

7 February 2025 / Author(s): Shail Patel
Issue: February 2025 / Categories: Feature

In Allianz Funds Multi-Strategy Trust v Barclays plc [2024] EWHC 2710 (Ch) the High Court struck out claims by investors in Barclays plc by those who did not claim to have read the Bank’s market publications, and all claims for dishonest delay. In doing so it made potentially far-reaching findings as to the scope of UK securities legislation.

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