‘An auction house has failed to establish litigation privilege over correspondence with experts about whether or not a painting it sold was counterfeit, in a case brought by the seller of that painting.’
OUT-LAW.com, 10th December 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Letters between Sotheby’s and two art experts concerning the authenticity of an Old Master painting sold for over $11m are not covered by litigation privilege, the High Court has ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 27th November 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘A dealer who tried to sell an elephant tusk at Christie’s has been spared a fine after claiming he was “misled” by their antiques experts.’
Daily Telegraph, 8th September 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘World-famous Christie’s Auction House were fined £3,250 today after putting a banned elephant tusk up for sale on their website.’
Daily Telegraph, 23rd May 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Thwaytes v Sothebys [2015] EWHC 36 (Ch); [2015] WLR (D) 12
‘The standard of care imposed on an auction house where a person consigned a work of art for research and assessment was no greater than that owed to a person who consigned a work of art for sale.’
WLR Daily, 16th Janury 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“The Law Society, facing straitened times following successive cuts in legal aid, is auctioning a collection of rare Reformation-era bibles and religious tracts in defiance of protests from scholars.”
The Guardian, 3rd June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An auctioneer has been fined £1,000 and left with a criminal record for trying to sell a chest of drawers containing 100-year-old birds’ eggs.”
Daily Telegraph, 31st March 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The former owner of a museum of Victorian curiosities is suing the auction house that sold it for turning down a £1 million offer from the artist Damien Hirst.”
The Times, 6th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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