The government cannot be seen as conducting litigation with the enormous implications of this litigation -- litigation imbued with significant public interest -- in such a way as to select by which forum as between the Supreme Court of the United States and an inferior appellate court it wishes to be bound.
She went to work for the Interior Department in 1999, where she provided legal advice, developed regulations and conducted litigation, then left government in 2001 to work as vice president for government affairs and general counsel for American Rivers, an advocacy organization.
Lady Carnarvon saw this as blackmail and persuaded her new husband to take his wife to court for what Sir Henry McCardie, who tried the case, called "the most bitterly conducted litigation I have ever known".
"Previously disclosed uncertainties remain, particularly relating to conduct and litigation matters," the bank said.
"It was not inevitable, but it would have been very difficult to create a new government and conduct this litigation, particularly if Trump had to testify.
Ross McEwan, the boss of RBS, warned at the time: "There are still many conduct and litigation hurdles looming on the horizon".
