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Nephew faces jail over âvitriolicâ email to lawyers after aunt left house to charity (opens the original)
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A disinherited nephew could face jail over claims he threatened to "beat the sh*t" out of "w**ker" lawyers after his aunt left her £200,000 fortune to charity. IT expert Sean Stimson has been locked in a bitter row over the will of his late aunt, Helen Smith, since she died in 2021, leaving her estate to the RSPCA and other causes. Mr Stimson claims that she had always intended that her Swindon home - which formed the majority of her fortune - to stay in the family, but instead it went to the c
Huge bill for tailor after court rules he caused own £1m wine collection to go mouldy (opens the original)
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A master tailor ruined his own £1m wine collection after neighbours complained about the noise of the refrigerated "wine wall" at his luxury £8m London flat, a judge has ruled. Suitmaker and wine connoisseur Tom Reimer - whose past customers include opera legend Luciano Pavarotti - claimed leaky fridges in his flat caused condensation which ruined labels and potentially destroyed the corks of valuable vintages in his 20,000-strong collection of fine French wines. The multimillionaire tailor bl
Former yacht club captain cleared of harassing commodore in High Court houseboat row (opens the original)
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The former captain of a prestigious London yacht club, who led a campaign against the club's commodore over mooring fees for his 80-foot Dutch barge, has been cleared of harassment allegations at London’s High Court. Stefan Oloffs, the former cruiser captain at Greenwich Yacht Club, faced accusations of harassing then-club commodore Richard Phillips. The online campaign, dubbed “Barge Gate”, saw Mr Oloffs suggest that Mr Phillips had received “preferential treatment” due to his position when sec
Man left with fear of surfing after hitting head on artificial wave sues for £500k (opens the original)
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A surfer left with an "acute fear of surfing" after smashing his head on a pool floor whilst trying out a luxury resortâs wave machine is fighting for a £500,000 payout. Aidan Botha, of Porthleven, Helston, Cornwall, says he was injured while using a âFlowRiderâ surf simulator at the Retallack spa resort with friends in July 2022, with his face and skull impacting the bottom of the pool after he collided with another rider. The 49-year-old - previously a keen surfer - claims he suffered a
Builder in stunt biplane horror crash sues for millions over âmissing nutâ (opens the original)
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A builder who nose-dived into a runway in an aerobatics stunt biplane is suing for £2m, blaming a "dodgy nut" for the disastrous crash. Builder and amateur stunt pilot Trevor Davis, who cracked his skull and suffered multiple other injuries when he crashed 15 minutes after take-off at Popham airfield in Hampshire in March 2022, says a mechanical issue caused by a loose or missing nut left him unable to steer his plane properly. Mr Davis, 64, who had previously taken part in aerobatics displays
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