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Taylor: He has cleared Lloyd's on fraud and misrepresentation, absolutely...
...stakes for Lloyd's were just as high. In the three centuries since it was founded in Edward Lloyd's Thames-side coffee house, Lloyd's has operated under the watchword "utmost good faith." Were it to be found to have engaged in fraud, even in the semi-distant past, its credibility would be undermined and along with it a premier position in a business where confidence--summed up in the Lloyd's motto Fidentia--is an essential ingredient...
Last Friday morning, rumors that Lloyd's had won the trial swirled through the corridors of England's Royal Courts of Justice long before the dissident Names trooped in to learn their fate. Despite Lloyd's legal army, the Names believed their side had clearly demonstrated fraud at Lloyd's the institution, as opposed to the syndicates. In court it also emerged that many Names had been ill-served by negligent syndicates. But they failed to prove to the satisfaction of the judge that Lloyd's itself had committed fraud. More specifically the judge rejected the allegation that Lloyd...
...protecting itself. Others, including Sir William Jaffray, who lent his name to the trial, will seek to battle on. They are emboldened by the recent entry into force of the European Convention on Human Rights, which they claim allows Lloyd's to be sued for negligence in lieu of fraud. "It's a severe setback for the Names," Jaffray said after the trial, "but it in no way exonerates Lloyd's. Nobody reading the judgment will be able to trust or do business with Lloyd's again...
...according to market estimates, losses could total as much as $4.5 billion for 1998-2000), has yet to respond. The refuseniks for their part are hoping for a deus ex machina in the form of criminal proceedings launched by U.S. government prosecutors who have been investigating possible mail fraud involving Lloyd's. But Lloyd's remains confident that the arguments that won the case last week will triumph in the future...