The Treasury yesterday (9 November) successfully fought off a £1bn claim brought by 1,000 Lloyd’s Names. The investors in Lloyd’s of London brought the case under a Group Litigation Order. They alleged that the government’s failure to correctly implement the European Insurance Directive led to massive claims being filed against Lloyd’s in the 1990s and […]

Tulkinghorn and his scribes were out in force at Lawrence Graham’s Halloween party last Tuesday (31 October), attracted by the annual promise of chocolate fountains and palm readers. Tulkinghorn was not disappointed. Lawrence Graham senior partner Bill Richards got a real probing from the palm reader. It seems Richards may hit the after-dinner speaking circuit […]

DLA Piper has boosted its Asia offering by hiring two new partners for its Tokyo and Hong Kong offices. Corporate finance specialist Koji Ishikawa joins DLA Piper’s Tokyo office from US firm O’Melveny & Myers as a partner, while cross-border IPO and M&A specialist Esther Leung joins the firm’s Hong Kong office as a partner […]