Bollywood film stars named in Bahraini sheikh's London high court case

A tense subtext of the legal battle was the contest between Zaiwalla & Co, one of few Indian solicitors' firms based in The City of London, and a British counterpart, Herbert Smith Freehills

A much publicised hearing involving top Bollywood film stars, including Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan, with a Dubai-based Egyptian national Ahmed Adel Abdallah Ahmed claiming damages of $33.5 million from a member of the Bahraini royal family Sheikh Hamad Isa Ali al-Khalifa for breach of "contract", got underway at the High Court in London on Tuesday. 

The Sheikh, a cousin of the King of Bahrain, was allegedly prepared to pay up to $1.5 million per meeting, which would last merely 15 to 25 minutes. In fact, he got to enjoy the company of both Shah Rukh and Salman, before -