S&P court loss in Australia unlikely to spark rival claims

Dismissal of appeal by rating agency to have implications in Australia and other common law countries but not US

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The decision by Australia's federal court to uphold a November 2012 ruling that found rating agency Standard & Poor's liable for losses on triple-A rated structured notes will set a precedent for subsequent cases in Australia and other common law jurisdictions but is unlikely to lead to a flood of similar cases, say lawyers.

On June 6 the full bench of the federal court rejected an appeal by S&P, ABN Amro (now a division of RBS) and Australian firm Local Government Financial Services (LGFS) and

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