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Top designer could face jail after court defeat over sale of £10.3m London home
Evening Standard
|June 01, 2023
Bitter battle: interior designer Tiggy Butler refused to pay £318,000 commission to Becky Fatemi, below, for selling her Regent's Park mansion
A LUXURY interior designer is facing the threat of prison after a disastrous court defeat over the sale of her £10.3 million Regent's Park mansion.
Tiggy Butler hired top London estate agency Rokstone to sell her Chester Terrace home, but refused to hand over £318,000 in commission when the deal was done in February 2021.
Instead she claimed she had been left £1.75 million out of pocket in the sale, sparking a legal battle with "superprime" property expert Becky Fatemi, founder of Rokstone. Her claims were dismissed in March, as a judge ordered Ms Butler to pay nearly £600,000 including the commission and legal costs.
This story is from the June 01, 2023 edition of Evening Standard.
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