Jeremy Thorpe QC was the gay, gallivanting leader of the Liberal party, between 1967 and 1976. He was also charged with conspiracy to murder his alleged homosexual ex-lover. He was desperate to cover up the affair because homosexuality was very much illegal at the time.
The controversial lawyer Giovanni Di Stefano who was recently the subject of a three-hour documentary by Sky, has issued a ten-million-pound Claim for Defamation against the Sunday Telegraph Magazine. The subject of the Claim was the reporting by the magazine that four of the lawyers’ children had a mother other than the ‘real’ mother on the children’s birth certificate. “Checking the mother and father of anyone in this jurisdiction is the easiest task in the world as all data…
Around 2,500 years ago in a city called Athens, a certain person was executed. Why? Because he was nosey and asked too many questions. Now, there were many philosophers before his time which teachers and academics will know but it really is Socrates who effectively put philosophy on the map. So, let’s call him Saint Socrates the Patron Saint of Philosophy.
On 18 June 1982, the body of a top Italian Banker was found hanging from Blackfriars Bridge in London, he was better known as ‘Gods’ Banker’ for his links with the Vatican. He was 62-years-old and called Roberto Calvi, the Chairman of Banco Ambrosiano, in Milan, and a central figure in a complex web of international fraud and intrigue.
There is no contestation that the Irish Crown Jewels – Emeralds, Rubies and Diamonds presented to the Irish Nation by William IV in the 19th century, were kept in a safe in Dublin Castle’s Bedford Tower.
Company Perspectives: Since the MGM and Hollywood debacle Crédit Lyonnais Group refocused on its three core businesses in retail financing services in France, corporate and institutional banking and international asset management, activities in which it has real competitive strengths. Through its extensive branch network, Crédit Lyonnais offered a full spectrum of banking products and services to personal, professional and business customers in France, placing a strong emphasis on customer service and satisfaction. Crédit Lyonnais also offered its major corporate…