Revealed: Latest list of FSCS Keydata lead defendants

Carmen Reichman
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Professional Adviser has obtained the latest list of advice firms being pursued as lead defendants by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) in relation to Keydata sales.

The list - drawn up by the High Court in October - includes 17 firms, two of which have settled to avoid trial, and 15 of which will be pursued for trial at a later date unless they decide to settle beforehand. The firms were chosen on the basis of their ability to afford the case against them. They were selected from a pool of 63 firms the FSCS is now actively pursuing for settlement, all of which have Keydata claims against them worth more than £100,000 but do not necessarily have insurance to cover the action. A case management conference (CMC) held on 7 November heard all firms...

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