SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Top legal eagles battle over money

Flamboyant barrister Michael Mansfield QC is famed for his landmark legal cases, fighting for the underdog. But he has a real battle on his hands with his latest adversary, who happens to be a former colleague. As I revealed in April, Mansfield and leading barrister Patrick Roche are seeking an order to force Maureen Obi-Ezekpazu … Read more

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: A very uncivil war breaks out at the house of Bathurst 

The Countess of Bathurst, pictured with her husband the Earl of Bathurst, is upset after being ‘falsely’ credited with plans to introduce a charge at Cirencester Park That’s not very ladylike! Cotswold aristocrat Countess Bathurst has launched an extraordinary tirade against her own estate manager. The row has been sparked by proposed access charges to … Read more

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: A very uncivil war breaks out at the house of Bathurst 

The Countess of Bathurst, pictured with her husband the Earl of Bathurst, is upset after being ‘falsely’ credited with plans to introduce a charge at Cirencester Park That’s not very ladylike! Cotswold aristocrat Countess Bathurst has launched an extraordinary tirade against her own estate manager. The row has been sparked by proposed access charges to … Read more

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Peregrine Worsthorne’s good will gives Lady Lucinda a small fortune

Lady Lucinda Lambton was so angry that her brother, Ned, inherited the family’s £35 million estate as well as the Earl of Durham title that she and two of her sisters took him to court. Happily, there are no such problems with the will made by her husband, the former newspaper editor Sir Peregrine Worsthorne, … Read more

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Peregrine Worsthorne’s good will gives Lady Lucinda a small fortune

Lady Lucinda Lambton was so angry that her brother, Ned, inherited the family’s £35 million estate as well as the Earl of Durham title that she and two of her sisters took him to court. Happily, there are no such problems with the will made by her husband, the former newspaper editor Sir Peregrine Worsthorne, … Read more

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Ian ‘Beefy’ Botham is caught out over rules at the other Lords 

He joined the House of Lords just last year, but cricket legend Ian Botham has already been caught out by the rules on declaring business interests. The peer has been told to apologise for not registering his personal services company, from which he and his wife, Kath, have taken a loan of almost £200,000. ‘Beefy’, … Read more

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: ‘Idiotic’ flats will ruin the King’s Road good life, says Felicity Kendal

Actress Felicity Kendal nearly lost her partner Michael Rudman to Covid earlier this year. Yet far from exhausting her enthusiasm for battle, she is now taking on another foe. She is campaigning to prevent a property developer from demolishing part of her iconic neighbourhood, London’s King’s Road. Kendal, star of the Seventies sitcom The Good … Read more