No-one really believed it would ever get this far. But in the High Court in London at 10.30am on October 15, the court usher declared: “Silence in court, all rise” and Mr Justice Colman took his seat to preside over the battle between a fund manager and a very aggrieved client.
The received wisdom was that Merrill Lynch Investment Managers would not want its business with Unilever discussed in public – and it was obvious from the first day, with reporters having to sit on the floor because there were not enough chairs to go around, that this would be very public indeed.
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