Estate of late tycoon Mike Lynch to pay damages of £930m
Judge rules that Hewlett-Packard was owed damages for the £8.2bn acquisition of Lynch's Cambridge firm in 2011.
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"Lynch inflated Autonomy's revenues and committed a deliberate fraud over a sustained period of time."
— Mr Justice Hildyard , Other
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Mike Lynch was a tech tycoon and co-founder of the software company Autonomy.
Mr Justice Hildyard is a High Court judge who ruled on the HP vs. Lynch case.
Patrick Goodall KC is the lawyer representing Hewlett-Packard Enterprise in the case.
Richard Hill is the lawyer representing the estate of Mike Lynch.
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Judge rules that Hewlett-Packard was owed damages for the £8.2bn acquisition of Lynch's Cambridge firm in 2011.
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