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£90 MILLION LORD STREET CASE AND THE TROUBLED LEGAL RECORD OF THE CONSULTANTS ACCUSED OF UNLAWFUL INTERFERENCE

The blue-chip property consultants at the centre of the Isle of Man’s biggest civil legal case has previously admitted negligent valuation and been severely criticised by a public auditor over independence and conflicts of interest. In the fourth instalment of our series about one of the Isle of Man's biggest court battles, we investigate the third defendant in the £90 million Lord Street case: Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH). Few people have heard of LSH outside of the property

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Mark Hollingsworth is an investigative journalist, historian, documentary filmmaker and author of 11 books, notably ‘Londongrad – From Russia with Cash, the inside story of the Oligarchs’ and ‘Agents of Influence – How the KGB Subverted Western Democracies’.

His other books include investigations into the Saudi Royal Family, MPs’ business interests, MI5 and biographies of Mark Thatcher and Tim Bell.

As a freelance reporter, Hollingsworth contributes regularly to ‘The Spectator’, ‘The Telegraph’, ‘The Times’, ‘The Independent’ and the ‘Mail on Sunday’. He has also written for ‘The Guardian’, ‘Sunday Times, ‘Private Eye’, ‘London Evening Standard Magazine’, ‘The Observer’, ‘New Statesman’ and ‘Tatler’.

Hollingsworth started his career in 1984 and worked for Granada TV’s award-winning current affairs programme ‘World In Action’ for four years and has since made several documentaries for Channel 4.

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ANDY BURNHAM-STYLE HILLSBOROUGH LAW WILL BE TOO LATE FOR £90 MILLION LORD STREET CASE

£90 MILLION LORD STREET CASE AND THE TROUBLED LEGAL RECORD OF THE CONSULTANTS ACCUSED OF UNLAWFUL INTERFERENCE

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HOW A LAWSUIT COULD BANKRUPT THE ISLE OF MAN

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Bankrupt Kuwaiti businessman behind Dartford Disneyland debacle could face a criminal investigation

Sanctions must rely on facts and evidence not context and inference, says EU advocate

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