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A dispiriting tale: court slams van Heeren’s wriggling and twisting

Michael Kidd’s ‘ruinous’ litigation funding arrangement owes more than US$17m.

Hamish McNicol Wed, 16 Jun 2021

A Court of Appeal judgment has detailed how a “ruinous” litigation funding agreement the late Michael David Kidd entered to continue a decades-long legal battle with his former business partner Alex van Heeren has left his estate on the “economic brink”.

Furthermore, it says van Heeren

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Hamish McNicol Wed, 16 Jun 2021
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