Norton Rose Fulbright | United Kingdom | 4 Jun 2010
In Seymour Pierce Limited v Grandtop International Holdings Limited [2010] EWHC 676 (QB) Mr Justice Eady upheld a "tail-gunner" clause in a financial adviser's engagement letter and awarded a success fee to the financial adviser after its former client completed a takeover of Birmingham City Football Club (with a different adviser) and even though its original retainer had been terminated.