Particulars of Claim in JP SPC 1 and JP SPC 4, on behalf of Axiom Legal Financing Fund, of the Cayman Islands, v. Mayer Brown International LLP at the High Court of Justice for England and Wales.
Christopher Hale has become the sixth British solicitor to be struck off due to involvement in the Cayman Islands-based Axiom Legal Financing Fund, which defrauded investors of more than £100 million before collapsing in 2012 after being exposed by OffshoreAlert.
Portland Financial Management Group, which helped Tim Schools defraud Axiom Legal Financing Fund and launder the proceeds, has collapsed amid regulatory problems and substantial debts. The group's principals, Anthony Smith, Tim Eddolls and Connie Rodrigues, now operate under new names: Prestige Financial Management, Cavendish Financial Management, Corbus Portfolio Solutions, and Corbus Private Clients.
Dubious British company City Equities Limited, which earlier this year touted itself as the savior of the collapsed Axiom Legal Financing Fund, has itself gone into administration.