Serious Fraud Office 'urged top lawyer to betray his client'

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<p class="mol-para-with-font">The Serious Fraud Office encouraged a 'Machiavellian' lawyer to leak confidential information about his client in the middle of a corruption probe, the High Court heard.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font"><a href="http://blogs.realtown.com/search/?q=Eurasian%20Natural">Eurasian Natural</a> Resources Corporation (ENRC) is suing the SFO for alleged misfeasance in public office over an investigation into the Kazakh mining giant, and is seeking £70million in damages.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">The company is also suing City lawyer Neil Gerrard and his former employer, Dechert, which represented ENRC in the investigation, for colluding with the SFO.</p><div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="style"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> </div> <noscript> <img id="i-c792a68828e47598" website height="449" width="634" alt="Damages claim: Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation is suing the Serious Fraud Office for alleged misfeasance in public office over an investigation into the Kazakh mining giant" class="blkBorder img-share" /> </noscript> </div> <p class="imageCaption">Damages claim: Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation is suing the Serious Fraud Office for alleged misfeasance in public office over an investigation into the Kazakh mining giant</p></div><p class="mol-para-with-font">ENRC claims that Gerrard, a former policeman, 'completely turned on his client' when he gave the watchdog inside information about its response to a corruption, fraud and bribery probe.</p><div><div data-track-module="am-related_carousel^related_carousel" data-track-selector=".rotator-panels a:not([class*=external])" data-dm-rotator-rotate="false" data-track-pos="static" data-dm-rotator-auto-init="" id="p-20" class="related-carousel with-fb-or-tw money" data-dm-rotator-active-class="active" data-dm-rotator-page-count="1.0" data-dm-social-article-auto-init="" data-dm-rotator-page-size="1"> <div class="rotator bdrcc"> <div class="rotator-title"> <h2>RELATED ARTICLES</h2> <ul class="rotator-pages link-xocc"> <li class="rotator-prev"><a href="#" data-page="prev">Previous</a></li> <li><a href="#" data-page="1">1</a></li> <li class="rotator-next"><a href="#" data-page="next">Next</a></li> </ul> </div> <ul class="rotator-panels link-bogr1 linkro-ccox"> <li> <a href="/money/markets/article-9613713/Bitcoin-blow-HSBC-vows-steer-clear-cryptocurrency.html"> <img website width="62" height="60" /> <span>Bitcoin blow as HSBC vows to steer clear: Bank boss cites...</span> </a> <a href="/money/markets/article-9614201/Online-furniture-firm-com-announces-plans-1bn-London-float.html"> <img website width="62" height="60" /> <span>Another British digital success to list: Online furniture...</span> </a> <a href="/money/markets/article-9613901/Care-home-giant-HC-One-hikes-fees-residents-owners-cash-in.html"> <img website width="62" height="60" /> <span>UK's biggest care home operator hikes fees for residents in...</span> </a> <a href="/money/comment/article-9613865/MAGGIE-PAGANO-Tech-giants-responsibility-online-scams.html"> <img website width="62" height="60" /> <span>MAGGIE PAGANO: The tech giants must be forced to take legal...</span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="fb"> <h2>Share this article</h2> <div class="big-share"><span class="wai">Share</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="related-partners money"> <div class="bdrcc"> <h2> HOW THIS IS MONEY CAN HELP </h2> <ul class="link-xogr1 linkro-ccox cleared"> <li class="full-width"> <a href="/money/diyinvesting/article-1718291/Pick-best-cheapest-investment-Isa-platform.html"> <span>How to choose the best (and cheapest) DIY investing platform and stocks and shares Isa</span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div><p class="mol-para-with-font">Gerrard, who retired from Dechert last year, is also alleged to have 'bullied' ENRC into taking his advice by threatening that the SFO would raid directors' homes and 'find their porn'.</p><div class="moduleHalf"><div class="money item html_snippet module"> <iframe website scrolling="no" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="110"></iframe> </div> </div><p class="mol-para-with-font">He told colleagues he was 'in rape mode', <a href="https://pornotivi.net/">porno tv</a> the court heard, and was going 'screw these f****** [ENRC] for £25million' after he celebrated leaking confidential documents to a national newspaper with 'a glass - or perhaps two - of pink champagne'.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">Lawyers representing Dechert and Gerrard say ENRC's claims are 'an elaborate work of fiction'.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">The SFO, which is still investigating ENRC, said the claim against it is 'hopeless'.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">The trial continues.</p><div class="moduleFull"><div class="money item html_snippet module"> <style>

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