Legal Cases

Final appeal court decision is now imminent in copyright conundrum

Two separate legal cases involving leading London art dealers have concluded in the High Court.

A man, who along with his father, stole valuable Chinese works of art from the home of an elderly Bedfordshire widow has been asked to pay back more than £200,000.

Focus on how judges assess when art and antiques cases need special evidence

Arguments surround time limits imposed on subsequent stolen goods claims

One of New York’s most prolific antiquities collectors has surrendered 180 ‘looted’ items from his collection and been barred for life from acquiring antiquities again.

A lawyer writes: Leaving client checks to others as an art market participant can be tricky

Two Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) drawings created national news last week as Christie’s posted a record for a sketch by the great master in London while a court in Paris is to determine whether another can be legally exported from France.

“We want art and antiques galleries to know that this area is now affordable," says dealer S Franses after High Court victory

Tapestry and textiles specialist S Franses is to face its landlord in court for the fourth time next month.

BADA Ltd, the organiser of The Open Art Fair, has lost an appeal against a small claims court ruling that said two dealers need pay only part of their stand fee as the event was cut short.

Case shows how confidentiality cannot always be completely relied on

The organiser of The Open Art Fair is to appeal a small claims court ruling that said two dealers need pay only part of their stand fee as the event was cut short.

The most interesting recent art world case to find its way to trial, with judgment given in December 2019, was Sotheby’s vs Mark Weiss Limited (‘MWL’) and Fairlight Art Ventures Limited (‘Fairlight’).