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Ex-Oil Execs Can t Force $339M Fraud Case Out Of England
Law360, London (May 14, 2021, 3:46 PM BST) A London court on Friday dismissed an appeal by two former executives of crude oil company Arcadia Group Ltd. seeking to block a $339 million conspiracy and fraud suit against them in England, determining that their jurisdiction challenges had been exhausted.
The Court of Appeal upheld a finding by a lower court that Peter Bosworth, who was Arcadia s chief executive, and Colin Hurley, a former chief financial officer, should face claims brought against them by Alta Trading UK Ltd. and three other Arcadia companies in Britain.
They re also growing learning opportunities and seeding a trail to provide fresh produce in inner-city neighborhoods.
The indoor gardens grow vegetables without soil in pockets of beanstalk-like towers up to 6 feet tall. They re part of a pilot program underway to determine if the university can provide produce for the campus community year-round and encourage new learning in public health, nutrition, botany, chemistry, education and other academic disciplines.
The pilot program also is looking at how community organizations might use such indoor gardens to provide vegetables in city neighborhoods where residents have limited access to fresh foods. This is a journey. We don t necessarily know the destination yet, but we re getting feedback along the way, said Colin Hurley, the university s executive director of community engagement. Hurley doubles as Mercyhurst sustainability manager.