A new ruling in John Fredriksen's long-running case against Peter Bosworth and Colin Hurley offers fresh insight into the management practices of the shipowning tycoon.

He has told the English High Court that executives "ran the show" at Arcadia Energy.

Bosworth has presented himself and his associate as micromanaged employees following orders, however. That makes a difference in whether the case belongs in a Swiss court, as the defendants want, or in London, where Fredriksen would prefer to have it.