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Barclays traders rate-rigging convictions should be reviewed, say UK legal body

By Martin Coyle ( January 29, 2026, 15:51 GMT | Insight) -- Five rate-rigging convictions of Barclays traders have been referred to the UK courts by a body tasked with examining wrongful convictions. The decision follows the overturning of the convictions of former UBS trader Tom Hayes and ex-Barclays trader Carlo Palombo at the UK Supreme Court last year.Legal errors in the cases of five Barclays traders who were convicted of rigging various interest rates mechanisms means the cases should be re-examined by the courts, the UK body tasked with examining wrongful convictions said Thursday....

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