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Clifford Chance turns to Clydes as SRA launches probe into firm on Excalibur litigation

Clifford Chance turns to Clydes as SRA launches probe into firm on Excalibur litigation
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Tom Baker
7 July 2017
Legal regulation

Clifford Chance (CC) has instructed lawyers at Clyde & Co to represent it in an investigation by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), reportedly involving the firm’s part in the Excalibur professional negligence case, resulting from a claim in which an appeal judge criticised CC for an ‘acute’ conflict of interest.

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