RSS feedsThe former directors' lawyers told a case management conference on Friday that the over-riding concern of their clients was what the cost a full-blown trial would entail.
Although the group of fifteen directors, which includes former finance director, Chris Headdon, have secured £5m to spend on their defence, it is not expected to be nearly enough.
A preliminary strike-out application brought in the Ernst & Young and Equitable litigation had cost more than £1m in legal fees. The expense of a full trial would run to many times that figure.
