Barclays loses bid to stop PCP accessing trove of documents ahead of UK lawsuit
By Martin Coyle ( June 1, 2020, 12:20 GMT | Insight) -- Barclays Bank has been ordered by a UK judge to hand over thousands of documents to PCP Capital Partners, ahead of a lawsuit against it by the investment vehicle coming to trial next week. A High Court judge said it must disclose the documents, which include transcripts of interviews with prosecutors, as it had waived privilege on them by intending to refer to them in its defense.Barclays Bank has been ordered by a UK judge to hand over thousands of documents to PCP Capital Partners, ahead of a lawsuit against it by the investment vehicle coming to trial next week....
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