tennis racquets in the boot of his Bentley. Archpriest Kostic played tennis with him. Bane also tried to teach him golf, but without success. In 1989 he accompanied Bane on a holiday for a few days in Burgundy. Like many others, Archpriest Kostic was impressed by Bane’s excellent memory and his wide-ranging knowledge about topics such as wine, literature, history and business. The Conservative Party was evidently important to him, and whenever any reference was made to Margaret Thatcher he would say “That’s my girl”. He gave a jubilee bowl and statue to Archpriest Kostic’s wife to mark Mrs Thatcher’s ten years as leader of the Party, saying that he had bought one for himself and one for them. He loved the Conservative Party, and talked about it very often. 145. In the early years of their friendship Bane would say to Archpriest Kostic that he did not need a house of his own, because he could afford to stay in a hotel or in clubs where he could play tennis and golf whenever he wanted. Bane did not explain to him the reasons for his peripatetic existence, and would become angry if questioned in detail about his family. Archpriest Kostic would encourage him from time to time to buy a home of his own, and eventually these suggestions bore fruit when Archpriest Kostic found 5 Audley Road for Bane through an estate agent in 1989. 146. It will be remembered that Archpriest Kostic is one of the three executors of the 1989 Will. Bane had never previously discussed his money or business affairs with him, and when Bane asked him to be his executor he said “You are the only one that I can trust but you are still part of the establishment”. Bane explained this by saying that in his view it was not good to be part of any establishment, but he recognised that Archpriest Kostic had to be; for his part, he did not have to be part of any establishment, and was proud to be a free man. Archpriest Kostic agreed to accept appointment as an executor, but there was no discussion between them about the contents of the 1989 Will and Archpriest Kostic was unaware of them until after Bane’s death. 147. On one occasion Bane mentioned to Archpriest Kostic that he had a son, who lived in Scotland. Bane said that his son had enough for a living, and that he had a good home. Bane seemed disappointed in his son, but did not explain why. David Hughes 148. Mr Hughes is a solicitor, and is now a partner in Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP where he is head of the firm’s banking and finance litigation practice. He was admitted as a solicitor in January 1981, and in 1984 he joined Oppenheimers, originally as an articled clerk. He then remained with the firm until its dissolution in October 1988. In 1986 or 1987, when he was a member of the firm’s litigation department, he acted for Bane in connection with some Swiss commercial litigation in which he was involved. Bane had apparently become mistrustful of his Swiss lawyer acting on the case, and Mr Hughes was asked to travel to Switzerland in order to meet the Swiss lawyer and check that he was doing his job properly. Mr Hughes undertook this delicate task, met the Swiss lawyer first in Switzerland and later in England, and formed the view that his performance was not open to any criticism. He advised Bane accordingly, and recalls that Bane was displeased to be told this. Indeed, he thought that his disagreement with Bane’s assessment of his Swiss lawyer might explain Bane’s subsequent disenchantment with Oppenheimers, although when he was shown letters in which Bane accused Oppenheimers of being involved in a conspiracy