QIPCO v Phoenix Ancient Art
A dispute concerning a member of the Qatari royal family, who claimed the two classical statues he purchased from a Geneva company for £3.75 million were fakes.
Art and cultural property
Members of Wilberforce Chambers’ Art & Cultural Property Group have a wide range of expertise in matters relating to cultural property, in both a contentious and non-contentious context, and spanning our traditional and commercial Chancery areas of practice.
We are proud to have barristers ranked in the ‘Art and cultural property’ sections in The Legal 500, Chambers & Partners and Chambers’ HNW Guide.
Wilberforce was awarded Chancery set of the Year at The Legal 500 2022 Awards.
A dispute concerning a member of the Qatari royal family, who claimed the two classical statues he purchased from a Geneva company for £3.75 million were fakes.
A dispute concerning the ownership of a painting known as “Untitled by Rudolf Stingel, 2012”. An art dealer named Inigo Philbrick (who has now pleaded guilty to multiple charges of fraud) used three artworks as security for a loan, although he did not have authority to do so.
A very substantial dispute concerning five joint ventures (and alleged partnerships) concerning the works of the artist Robert Indiana, famous for his LOVE sculptures.
A Commercial Court claim concerning payment for a Constable painting. Payment was made by the purchaser to a fraudster, rather than to the seller. The purchaser (the Museum) sought to hold the seller (an art agency) responsible.
A high-profile agency dispute in the Chancery Division. The Claimant, a famous artist, sought payments of sums allegedly due to him under the agency agreement from the gallery.
Claim before the Spoliation Panel for the restitution of a Constable in the collection of the Tate Gallery.
A case concerning disputed antiquities.
A dispute about a collection of human remains in the custody of the Natural History Museum.
Taxation of film and stage royalties where the rights were held on discretionary trusts.
Interpleader concerning concerning disputed ownership of allegedly stolen medieval Italian religious and cultural manuscripts.
Rights to remove a Barbara Hepworth sculpture from a shopping centre.
Dispute over the commission paid to an art dealer.
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