Verdict on same day as deadline to decide whether British businessman can be extradited to US to face proceedings
Hewlett-Packard has won its civil fraud trial against Mike Lynch, after the US firm claimed that the man once hailed as Britain’s answer to Bill Gates duped it into paying £8.2bn for his software firm Autonomy.
The verdict, handed down at the high court by Mr Justice Hildyard, comes on the same day as a deadline for home secretary, Priti Patel, to decide whether Lynch can be extradited to the US to face a criminal fraud trial there.
