High and dry
Global companies must consider the risk of being taken to the cleaners because actions taken by their member firms could nullify their indemnity, even if activities surrounding the claim were outside of their knowledge and control. Alexandra Anderson reports
In May 2006, Post reported on a High Court decision in the case of Brit Syndicates v Grant Thornton, and the comfort that global firms could take from that decision (Post, 11 May 2006, p34). At that
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