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Ex-PwC partner: I would have been ‘bloody stupid’ to break client confidence in leak case

Former PwC partner denies leaking information to a banker around deal discussions

PwC is fighting a £63m claim it breached client confidence
PwC is fighting a £63m claim it breached client confidence Photo: Jack Taylor/Getty Images

A former senior PwC partner told a court he would have been “bloody stupid to throw away my career” by breaching client confidentiality.

Ian Green, a former restructuring partner at the Big Four firm, has been accused of leaking confidential information about his client Quindell to Gareth Davies, a banker from Greenhill & Co, who was working for a counterparty.

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