A High Court judge has barred public access to Entain’s legal responses amid claims by ex-executives over a Turkish bribery probe.
The High Court of Justice this week ordered the formal defences filed by Addleshaw Goddard LLP and Entain in the claim brought by former GVC Holdings executives Kenny Alexander and Lee Feldman must remain under seal, preventing disclosure without further court approval.
The ruling, issued in the Chancery Division on 13 May, follows rival applications by both defendants to keep their defences private under CPR 5.4C(4) and related confidentiality orders from April.
Under the terms of the order, no non-party may obtain sight of the sealed defences without giving at least seven days’ notice to all claimants, defendants and the Director of Public Prosecution.
