justify "the conflict imputation rule"].)
In light of the important public policy at stake in this dispute, Hackard's declaration that he did not recall having "any" discussions with attorneys at his former law firm regarding Aerojet and that, while a shareholder of his former law firm, he never performed any work on Aerojet files, never met with Aerojet representatives, and "never received any information" about Aerojet's practices and procedures was too conclusory to rebut the presumption of imputed knowledge derived from the commonsense conclusion that, in light of the size of Hackard's former law firm and his status as one of three named partners, confidential information about its major client, Aerojet, material to the current dispute normally would have been imparted to Hackard. Likewise, declarations of his partners inImage copyright AFP Image caption The initial bid for the Saudi contract was placed in 2014, before Michael Gove became the justice secretary

The UK government has withdrawn from a controversial £5.9m prisons deal with Saudi Arabia, Downing Street has said.

The PM's official spokeswoman said it reflected the government's decision to focus on domestic priorities.

The deal was to provide a "training needs analysis" for Saudi prison service staff.

No 10 stressed pulling out of the deal was unconnected to the case of expat Karl Andree, jailed in Saudi Arabia after being caught with homemade wine.

It was thought 74-year-old Mr Andree, who has been in jail for more than a year, was facing 360 lashes but the BBC now understands a flogging was never on the cards.

Despite withdrawing from the prison