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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Mark Sweney

Martin Sorrell in legal battle with former employer WPP over payout

Sir Martin Sorrell
Sir Martin Sorrell has received £3m in payouts relating to share awards in the first two years following his departure. Photograph: Simon Dawson/Reuters

Sir Martin Sorrell has called in the lawyers after his former employer WPP said it was refusing to pay out hundreds of thousands of pounds in share awards, alleging he leaked confidential information to the media following his bitter departure from the advertising firm he founded.

Sorrell resigned from WPP three years ago following a public and acrimonious dispute with the company after an investigation into allegations of personal misconduct, accusations he has always denied.

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