Troubled Harlequin embroiled in 15 further legal battles

Laura Miller
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Harlequin Property, the troubled UK-based overseas property sales agent which is at the centre of a Serious Fraud Office investigation, is embroiled in 15 legal battles in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, IFAonline can reveal.

A document obtained by IFAonline from the St. Vincent and the Grenadines High Court dated 6 March 2013 outlines a string of cases in the process of being brought against Harlequin, its chairman David Ames, and the group's resorts in the Caribbean including Buccament Bay and Merricks. The dates of the cases being heard at the court range from 6 March to 6 June this year, and are being brought by a range of different claimants. These latest litigations only add to Harlequin's legal woes - the company is already embroiled in court battles in the UK and Ireland. One UK case involves Ha...

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