UT (Tax & Chancery) UT-2023-000064 - [2025] UKUT 00203 (TCC)

Between 1 December 2015, when Mr Staley became CEO of Barclays, and Mr Epstein’s arrest in July 2019, it appears that Mr Staley did occasionally talk about his relationship with Mr Epstein to Mr Doherty and – in more detail – to Ms Wiggins. Mr Doherty describes what he learned in this period as “little bits of additional detail”, and appears to have amounted to (i) some more details about the trip to the island but not the April 2015 date; (ii) that there was a second trip to the island; and (iii) that there had once been a stopover at Mr Epstein’s ranch without Mr Epstein’s presence. Ms Wiggins began working with Mr Staley in 2018 and thereafter learnt something about Mr Staley’s relationship with Mr Epstein for the first time.

It is not necessary to refer to these disclosures in any detail as they are broadly reflected in the Bowdoin College Talking Points, as discussed below. It does not appear that either Mr Doherty or Ms Wiggins shared in any significant way any of the details that they obtained from Mr Staley with other people in Barclays.