Banks continued to make up by the far the largest share of all UK High Court cases involving FTSE 100 companies in the year to June 2014, according to research by Thomson Reuters. Data from Thomson Reuters Lawtel service shows that of the 178 cases involving FTSE 100 companies that made it to the High …
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FTSE 100 companies’ legal liabilities jump by 12 percent in 2013
Recent analysis by Thomson Reuters concludes that the legal liabilities reported by FTSE 100 companies climbed 12 percent in 2013 to £24.6bn ($42bn) up from £22.1bn ($37bn) in the previous year. This increase has been driven by a sharp jump in legal provisions in the banking industry, with legal costs for banks rising by 44 percent …
- February 14, 2014
- Paul Sandell