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Insurance Post Print this page   The insurer faces a legal claim from a group of leaseholders – represented by Walker Morris – at the Meridian Quay development – a cluster of buildings located beside Swansea Marina that was Only users who have a paid subscription or are part of a corporate subscription are able to print or copy content. To access these options, along with all other subscription benefits, please contact [email protected] or view our subscription options here: http://subscriptions.postonline.co.uk/subscribe You are currently unable to print this content. Pl...

Real Good Food in £43m sale of Brighter Foods to THG Real Good Food (RGF) has agreed to sell its snack bar business Brighter Foods to THG for £43m, allowing it to focus on its cake decoration subsidiaries Renshaw and Rainbow Dust Colours. RGF, through its subsidiary NBF, has an 84% stake in the issued share capital of Brighter Foods, which operates a factory at the Pendre Industrial Estate, Tywyn, in Wales. The balance was owned by Brighter Foods's managers. RGF itself would therefore receive cash proceeds of £35.6m from the deal. The net assets being dispose...

Insurance giant Zurich faces recklessness and deceit allegations over work on Swansea's damp-riddled Meridian Quay "It has been dreadful. [Water] has been running down the walls from above the patio doors and windows and soaking the carpets" Updated (Image: WalesOnline/Gayle Marsh) Want the latest news from Swansea sent straight to your inbox?Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Don't miss anything from your city! Sign up for regular updates When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accorda...

A leading insurer is facing allegations of recklessness and deceit over its work at Wales' tallest building - which has been plagued by damp and fire safety problems.  Zurich Insurance is facing a High Court claim from flat owners of Swansea's Meridian Quay development, who have accused it of failing to properly carry out checks before issuing insurance policies for properties and then selling their warranties to a firm that went bust. Lawyers acting for the residents claim that Zurich was either reckless or dishonest in issuing insurance 'cover notes' to certify that the building complied...

Of course, blind assessments aren't always failsafe. Walker Morris has said it is reviewing its diversity processes after it confirmed it had awarded a training contract to the Managing Partner's child. The Leeds firm, which has 230 fee-earners, picked Managing Partner Malcolm Simpson's offspring as one of 15 trainees who will be joining the firm in an upcoming cohort.  Simpson has occupied several senior positions at the firm including heading up Walker Morris’s US practice and chairing its international committee. He was a partner in the firm's commercial team for 17 years before win...