Duffield: My response to Evershed's claims

Refuting many of the claims made by Evershed (pictured) during the trial - which concluded with a confidential settlement agreed between New Star and its former fund manager - Duffield had the following to say: "As readers of the financial press may be aware, Patrick Evershed, a former fund manager at New Star Asset Management, the firm I founded, has in recent weeks taken an unfair dismissal case against New Star to an employment tribunal. "I was not a party to the litigation and was not called as a witness. I was, therefore, not able to exercise a right of reply. Furthermore, everyt...