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Used car tycoon sacked for lewd remarks wins High Court fight over takeover plot (opens the original)
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A used-car tycoon who went from living on the street to building a £500m fortune has lost a legal bid to prove that he was wrongfully dismissed from his own business. However, he has secured an overall ruling that his company was the victim of a “pre-conceived and orchestrated plan” designed to sideline him and assume control of the £200m company. Peter Waddell went from being a homeless teenager in Glasgow to owning a London mansion recently listed for £23.5m and a fleet of luxury cars. The dri
Nephew jailed after threatening to beat up lawyers when aunt left estate to charity (opens the original)
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A disinherited nephew who threatened to "beat the sh*t" out of lawyers after his beloved aunt left her £200,000 estate to charity has been jailed and handed a £35,000 court bill. IT expert Dr Sean Stimson became "extremely emotionally involved" in a row over the will of his "very close" aunt, Helen Smith, after she died in 2021, leaving her estate to the RSPCA and other good causes. Dr Stimson claims his aunt always intended that her Swindon home - which made up most of the value of her estate -
Former AirBnB boss and ex in divorce battle after claims she signed deal âon Xanaxâ (opens the original)
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The ex of a multimillionaire former AirBnB boss is fighting for a £5m divorce payout, after claims she signed a deal that left her "virtually destitute" whilst high on "enough Xanax to sedate a horse". Top business executive Martin Reiter - who masterminded the international growth of AirBnB and was also a senior boss at Wayfair and Groupon - married interior designer and cultural history expert Caroline Bauer-Reiter, 41, in 2012, with the pair enjoying a high-flying international lifestyle bef
Grandkids of Thomas the Tank Engine author in HMRC court fight over huge tax bill (opens the original)
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The grandchildren of Thomas the Tank Engine's creator have been spared a potentially massive tax bill on their share of the multimillion-pound royalties generated by their grandad's "really useful engine", after HMRC lost a crucial High Court test case. First published in 1945 after being invented by Rev Wilbert Awdry to entertain his sick two-year-old son Christopher, the popular children's books have spawned an industry encompassing television, films, toys and theme parks which was reportedly
Siblings face £59k bill after family row left mother unburied for four years (opens the original)
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Two siblings have been left facing a £59,000 bill following a family dispute which saw their mother's dead body lying unburied for four years. Mother-of-five Laura Collins died without making a will after getting Covid in 2022. Her oldest son Godfrey, 59, organised his mother's funeral along with sister Joan, 57. However, an "unusual" and "shocking" series of delays and an "extended disagreement between siblings" left Ms Collins' body still stored in an undertakerâs drawer four years later. M
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