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The use of commercial agents to negotiate sales is a common phenomenon in the luxury industry. If an agent to a luxury property buyer takes a bribe or secret commission, does the principal have a proprietary or merely a personal claim against him? Dr Alan Ma finds the answer in a recent Supreme Court case.

‘Masterpiece’ is a very apt title for arguably the most impressive exhibition following on in late June in the Royal Hospital Gardens from the Chelsea Flower Show; it now has its place in the ‘English Summer season’ as it has assumed the status of the former Grosvenor Fair.
 

On Ice - St Moritz, Switzerland - 2-10 February 2014 (2 day programme)
Based in the exclusive resort of St.Moritz, Switzerland ASTON MARTIN ON ICE offers you the opportunity to experience their full model range as you have never experienced it before! Winter tyres combined with sophisticated electronic safety systems offer an extraordinary snow and ice driving experience. This special programme, guided by professional instructors enables you to develop your personal skills for an amazing on ice drive. Feel like James Bond in an atmosphere of breathtaking excitement.

Lord and Lady review The Kensington Hotel in Queensgate, London.
Lord:
The Kensington Hotel is situated in one of the best locations in London, slap bang in the centre of South Kensington at Queens Gate. It was once three separate buildings, then knocked together and renovated for £20 million by the Doyle sisters, owners of Ireland's largest hotel group: Bernie Gallagher, Eileen Monaghan and Ann Roche, all daughters of the late PV Doyle, the legendary hotelier who was famous for his attention to the quality of service in his hotels.
Lady:

Discover excellence off the beaten track in Moravia and Silesia, the little known regions of the Czech Republic.
International eXcellence Magazine went off in search of something different in the Czech Republic, looking for adventure, mountains, history and landscapes. Ryan Air have now started flying direct to Ostrava so it's a quick and easy, if spectacularly uncomfortable  jaunt over Western Europe (it takes skill to make a seat that badly, or is there some deal going on between Chiropracters and Ryan Air we don’t know about!).
 

Introduction: the prestige of change in the modern world
It is only very recently – on the scale of human history – that change has been the focus of much enthusiasm.
The ancient Greeks and Romans often took the view that the whole world was in decline, each generation of people successively worse than those who had come before. A golden age of harmony and justice had, they felt, existed in the past. So change was negative: a step bringing chaos and ruin closer.
 

As divisive a subject as you could ask for, whenever words like ‘finest’ and ‘film’ are put together the smart money is on an argument breaking out. We all look for different things from the seventh art, and as a result it’s impossible for everyone to see movies in the same way. Nevertheless, we decided to stick our neck out and compile the following list of must-see films from the last two years, all of which are five-star masterpieces.
 
A Field In England; dir. Ben Wheatley; 2013

William Curley is a luxury patissier and chocolatier.
- What was your career path prior to starting your own business?
I trained as an apprentice at Gleneagles Hotel in Scotland, I then went on to work in the kitchens off Pierre Koffmann, Raymond Blanc, Marc Meneau and Marco Pierre White. I then went on to be become the Chef Patissier at The Savoy
- How and when did William Curley Patissier Chocolatier start?
Together with Suzue we opened our first shop in Richmond upon Thames in 2004, it had been my dream for many years to open my own boutique…

One of Formula 1’s forgotten machines, the Lec CRP1, will turn a wheel in anger for the first time in over 35 years at the Goodwood Festival of Speed on June 26-29.
The CRP1, which last appeared at the Thruxton round of the Aurora AFX Formula 1 Series in 1979, and previously put the cat among the pigeons by leading the 1977 Belgian Grand Prix in the hands of David Purley, has been restored by WDK Motorsport and will be driven up the iconic Goodwood Hillclimb by Festival of Speed and Revival regular, Joe Twyman.