The distinguished literary agent Pat Kavanagh has died. Kavanagh, who was one of the agents to leave Peters, Fraser and Dunlop (PFD) for United Agents last year, represented a high-profile list of authors including Joanna Trollope, Robert Harris, John Irving and Andrew Motion.

She also represented Julian Barnes, to whom she was married...

PFD is suing its former directors over payments totalling £853,000, former parent company CSS Stellar has confirmed. The figure was included in a financial statement put out by CSS, which showed that it wrote off £6m from the value of the company following the departure of a number of its agents.

According to the statement...

PFD has been ordered to pay £125,000 to one of its former agents, after losing the first of 19 pending employment tribunal cases.

The verdict went in favour of Duncan Hayes (pictured), who represents comedy performers and writers including Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. He was one of the 12 agents dismissed by PFD parent group...

Some authors formerly represented by PFD have asked publishers to start rerouting their royalty payments to breakaway company United Agents. But PFD c.e.o. Caroline Michel has warned authors and publishers against the move. "These are dangerous waters," she said. "Any such diversion of moneys by a client is a clear breach of...