Indian Premier League Founder Lalit Modi "issued legal proceedings" against New Zealand cricketer Chris Cairns "to claw back" £2.4M ($3.8M) in damages and costs, according to Nick Hoult of the London TELEGRAPH. Modi "has also applied to the High Court in London to have the libel verdict won by Cairns in 2012 to be set aside on the grounds of fraud." Cairns was awarded £90,000 in damages "after successfully suing Modi for libel for accusing him of involvement in corruption while playing in the now defunct Indian Cricket League in 2008." But Cairns "has this year been arrested and charged by the London Metropolitan Police with perjury in relation to evidence given at the libel trial" (TELEGRAPH, 11/11). STUFF reported Cairns' lawyer at the time, Andrew Fitch-Holland, "has been charged with perverting the course of justice from that trial." These developments "have spurred Modi, a former Indian cricket power broker, to go on the offensive." Modi's lawyer, Rajesh Vyakarnam, said, "Mr. Modi has issued proceedings to set aside the 2012 libel judgment on the ground of fraud and is claiming the return of all damages and costs paid which are in excess of £2.4 million" (STUFF, 11/12).
