Dechert has lost its legal battle with mining company ENRC, a case that has gripped the legal market for over a decade.

Handing down its judgment on Monday, London’s High Court found that Dechert and its former head of white-collar crime, Neil Gerrard, and the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) had committed deliberate or at least reckless acts of wrongdoing in their dealings with ENRC.