Overview
- At a March 3 hearing, lawyers for Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly asked Judge Iain Pester to order Andrew Lilley and Lilley Fine Art to disclose documents about transactions with the consultant referred to as X.
- Mr Lilley did not attend the hearing and is reported as not opposing disclosure but declining to release records without a court order.
- Court filings state there were at least 22 Lilley-linked transactions involving the presenters’ collection that totalled a substantial sum.
- A cited example involves Banksy’s Napalm, where a £13,000 sale allegedly resulted in only £10,450 being remitted to X Limited after a £550 commission, indicating a £2,000 discrepancy.
- The court also heard the presenters say they paid £550,000 for a Banksy Kate Moss print set while the seller apparently received £300,000, and the judge scheduled a ruling for 10am Wednesday on disclosure and whether X and X Limited can be identified.