Introduction
1. The circumstances surrounding the collapse of Polly Peck and the High Court decision to accede to the directors' application to place the company in administration was widely reported in the UK press at the time. See Financial Times, 26 October 1990 for a good example of the coverage.
2. The trial of Mr Nadir in 2012 has attracted widespread media attention. See www.bbc.co.uk/BBC Home/BBC News/UK for a good summary.
3. Trollope, A., The Way We Live Now (London: Chapman and Hall, 1875).
4. See the Telegraph article “Banker Christian Littlewood gets longest jail sentence for millions in insider trades” (2 February 2011) for a good summary of the case.
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