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High Court Rejects Islamic Custom Claim in £8.3m London Home Debt Case
High Court ruled against wife’s claim under Islamic custom, allowing liquidators to charge the £8.3m London home toward £80m company debts from a collapsed business.
- A billionaire sheikh and his wife face losing their £8.3 million London home due to debts of nearly £80 million owed to liquidators.
- The couple argued the home belonged to the wife according to Islamic custom, but the High Court rejected this claim.
- The judge also ordered the couple to pay nearly £750,000 in legal costs incurred by the liquidators.
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Saudi sheikh could lose £8m London mansion after judge throws out case that wife owns property under Islamic custom
A Saudi sheikh and his wife face the prospect of losing their north London family home after a High Court judge dismissed their argument that the £8.3million property belongs to the wife under Islamic tradition. Judge Joanna Valentine ruled yesterday against Sheikh Mohamed bin Issa al-Jaber and Makiyah al-Jaber, who had claimed the Hampstead Garden Suburb residence could not be seized by creditors pursuing approximately £80million in debts.The c…
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The Independent (US)Billionaire sheikh’s wife loses court battle for home on UK’s most expensive street
Makiyah Al Jaber claimed that the home was hers under an Islamic custom
·London, United Kingdom
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