Legal Cases

Mayfair art agent Timothy Sammons is facing a fresh legal battle over the sale of paintings and could face extradition to the US.

St James’s textile specialist S Franses has won an appeal in court for the right to stay in its gallery in central London.

Glafira Rosales, the Long Island art dealer who in 2013 pleaded guilty to charges of wire fraud, money laundering, and tax evasion in the Knoedler art forgery case, has been ordered to pay $81m to victims of the fraud.

A dealer is on trial in Newport Crown Court charged with 11 counts of fraud and three of handling stolen goods.

A large high street chain in the US has been fined $3m in connection with the purchase and importing of a large number of ancient Iraqi artefacts.

A member of a gang which stole taxidermy from a well-known dealer a year ago, has been sentenced.

A judge in London has ruled against a London gallery over the seizure of a Chinese silver tea set dating from the Qing dynasty containing a tiny amount of ivory.

A court in the US has given the go-ahead for Germany to be sued for the return of Nazi-looted art and artefacts under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.

The ninth annual LAPADA Conference opened yesterday with a sobering reminder to dealers that they could fall victim to cybercrime.

Sotheby’s has begun legal action against dealer Mark Weiss over the sale of a Frans Hals painting that it now believes to be “undoubtedly a forgery”. However Weiss said he will "contest the claim vigorously".

A judge has ruled that the New York art dealer involved in the $80m forgery scandal that brought down the Knoedler gallery will not serve further prison time.

A co-defendant of the accused art thief known as 'Spider-Man' told a court room in France he had destroyed five paintings worth more than $100m.

Sotheby’s is taking legal action to recover its losses over the sale of a ‘fake’ Italian Old Master.

A suspected antiques scammer faced court accused of taking antiques worth more than £650,000 from elderly people.

Dallas based Heritage Auctions is suing a Christie’s-owned firm in the US over alleged data theft.