Mr. Christopher Crosthwaite

Mr Christopher Crosthwaite, a solicitor for 450 PCW names, said the body had refused to tell him the level of acceptances yesterday.

Mr Crosthwaite and the PCW 1985 Committee, which represents the 450 names, have criticised the Lloyd's settlement terms because they claim the losses directly arose from fraud by professional members of the Lloyd's market.
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Mr Christopher Crosthwaite, the solicitor who has been acting for the PCW 1985 Committee, which speaks for 450 of the hardest-hit victims of the non-marine syndicates, hailed yesterday as "the end of a long battle."
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The PCW 1985 Committee, which represented 450 of the 1,547 worst-hit members, has now been dissolved, said Mr Christopher Crosthwaite, its solicitor.

The PCW 1985 Committee which represented 450 of the 1,547 worst-hit members, has now been dissolved, said Mr. Christopher Crostwaite, its solicitor.

"The vast majority of the 400 affected are normal, middle - class moderately wealthy people," says Christopher Crosthwaite, a partner in Ashurst Morris, a leading firm of solicitors.

He is involved because he acts for a steering committee of names formed under the chairmanship of Lord Goodman, which is even now seeing what can be done to limit the damage.

And he is extremely concerned at the toll the potential losses could have on these people.

"Many are professional people - barristers, solicitors and farmers, and the bulk of them are retired."says Crosthwaite.