Stephenson Harwood has ceased acting for former Leeds United managing director David Haigh in Dubai after a local court rejected an application for some of Haigh’s funds to be released to pay his legal fees.
The firm is owed in excess of £1m in fees for representing Haigh, who is currently imprisoned in Dubai after being accused by Leeds United’s former owner, Gulf Finance House (GFH) Capital – where Haigh was previously general counsel – of fraud during GFH’s ownership and sale of the club last year.
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