RBS shareholders take battle over cash call to high court

Case will see disgraced former boss Fred Goodwin forced to defend accusations investors were misled into buying sharesA £520m case is scheduled to begin in the high court on Monday that will scrutinise the months leading up to Royal Bank of Scotland’s £45bn bailout at the height of the financial crisis.Along with other directors, the disgraced former RBS chief executive Fred Goodwin will be forced to defend accusations that investors were misled into buying shares in the Edinbu