A Government agency leaked its plan to disqualify failed financier Lex Greensill from running a company to deflect negative publicity from David Cameron’s government return, a court heard.
Lawyers for Greensill claim a newspaper was briefed of the Insolvency Service’s move against their client in November 2023.
Protection: David Cameron was caught up in a lobbying scandal involving Lex Greensill
At the High Court in London, Gavin Millar KC said it was part strategy to protect the appointment of Cameron as Foreign Secretary by Rishi Sunak from bad press, after a lobbying scandal had engulfed Greensill and Cameron.
The former is taking legal action against the Department for Business and Trade, which oversees the Insolvency Service, over ‘misuse of his private information’.
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