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By Maria Ward-Brennan UBS Switzerland’s £11m lawsuit against the director of a collapsed London-based commodities trader goes to trial today (Tuesday). Anil Kumar was the director of London-based Vincom Commodities, a company that was placed into compulsory liquidation on 24 January 2018. The Swiss bank alleges that Kumar acted in breach of duty to Vincom by allowing it to enter into various transactions with companies under the control of his family members which caused the company losses of about $7.7m. The bank also alleges that he is in breach of duty for paying away sums totalling $5.6m t…