Managed service provider Node4 has won a £2.4 million (c $3.2 million) damages award against the founder of Microsoft Dynamics consultancy Tisski, after the High Court ruled the company was sold with problematic contracts that were collapsing as the deal was being finalized.

The case exposes how Node4's £45 million (c $60 million) acquisition left it saddled with failing public sector projects that were hemorrhaging money, demoralizing staff, and prompting despairing internal messages about contracts being "beyond recovery."

The ruling was handed down in Birmingham's Commercial Court earlier this month and concluded that Tisski's founder, Anna Assassa, and her fellow shareholders breached warranties in the 2022 sale.

The court found Node4's acquisition vehicle, Atten Bidco, had been mis

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