Former Leeds United managing director and one-time GFH Capital general counsel David Haigh falsely invoiced a barrister at Fountain Court for £1.3m, court documents filed against the imprisoned lawyer allege.

Haigh’s former employer GFH, which filed the claim, says he misappropriated $5m (£3m) of the private equity company’s funds “by creating or procuring the creation of false invoices and procuring payment of those false invoices”.