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Harrods asked the high court to teach special executors in the land of late former owner, Mohamed Al FayedIn an attempt to open another route for fee for alleged victims of his sexual abuse.
The luxury London department store Friday confirms it’s hiring a so-called application passage to use professional executors to meet the land administration. That means his widow and two daughters can be replaced as executors, according to a person who is familiar with the situation.
“This application may open a route for survivors without Harrods connection – and therefore not to apply to the Harrods Redress,” as claims directly against Fayed estate, “as a statement of the Fayed Estate,” as a statement of the Fayed Estate, “as a statement of the Fayed Estate,” as a statement in Friday. “It also opened a route for harrods to find the contribution for the payment of harrods for (al) fayed actions.”
More than 100 victims have entered into Equipment conference scheme Over the past three months, “most of those confirmed qualified”, Harrods added.
Harrods’ court filing arrives after BBC last year allegations of sexual assault, including rapeAgainst Al Fayed, killed by 2023 aged 94. The Egyptian businessman owned and controlled by harrods between 1985 and 2010, when he sold it to a Qatari-rich fund.
The Law firmly Harbottle and Lewis represented Heini Wathén, the widow of the late businessman, and his son Camilla, while Farrer & CE representing his son Jasmine. Together, three are the executors of the earth, according to the person familiar with arrangement.
Harrods began the payments of the victims at the end of April and used to say that victims can apply for fee through March 31, even if it can expand the deadline.
Victims can bring in court harrods if they decide that the settlement procedure is not appropriate for them.
Harbottle & Lewis and Farrer & Co do not respond to requests for commentary.
