Lord Evans of Watford and other directors of investment firm deny claims made in lawsuits they say are ‘meritless’ Lord Evans of Watford and other directors of investment firm deny claims made in lawsuits they say are ‘meritless’ A peer suspended by the House of Lords for breaking lobbying rules is now facing claims that he received at least $1m (£760,000) from an allegedly corrupt deal. Lord Evans of Watford, a longtime Labour peer, was found last week by the House of Lords watchdog to have