Perjury

William Jaffray and others v Society of Lloyd’s [2007] EWCA Civ 586; SJ 29 June

Although the court had found that Lloyd’s had made untrue representations about its system of auditing and ability to make reasonable estimates of the outstanding liabilities of syndicates, it had not been proved that it did not believe the representations to be true or that it had been reckless. Therefore, the claims were dismissed. The claimant sought to reopen the appeal on the basis that further evidence had come to light, which showed that the judge, and therefore the Court of Appeal, had been misled by perjured evidence.