UK - Accounting giant Ernst & Young has asked the High Court to strike out a £2.6bn law suit filed against it by beleaguered insurer Equitable Life.
Sources claim this is a tactical move to force Equitable to show its hand, or pressure it into an out-of-court settlement. Equitable’s primary claim is that Ernst & Young failed to highlight the...
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