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Barclays in Libor damages claim

Barclays will face the first claim for damages stemming from manipulation of the Libor interest rate in a landmark case that could have major implications for all UK banks.

Guardian Care Homes, a residential care home operator based in Wolverhampton, is suing Barclays at the High Court in London over the alleged mis-selling of interest rate hedging products known as "swaps" on which it has lost £12 million.

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