
An art dealer who secured the £1 million sale of a French “masterpiece” from an aristocratic family’s collection which was later resold for millions more did not act negligently, a judge has ruled.
Amanda Feilding, the Countess of Wemyss and March, and her husband James Charteris, the Earl of Wemyss and March, became embroiled in a High Court case brought against Simon C Dickinson Limited (SCD) over the handling of a painting purportedly by 18th-century artist Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin.