Failure to keep proper records costs dealer hundreds of thousands

A DEALER has had to hand over £300,000 worth of paintings after a judge ruled that his records were not sufficient to show he had acquired them in good faith. He is also facing what is anticipated to be a six-figure bill for costs.

Dealer Michael Marks had to return the two disputed works by Indian painter Francis Newton Souza (19…

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