High court rules Van Dyck painting belongs to bankrupt socialite James Stunt

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Judge dismisses claim by Stunt and his father that 17th-century work was bought by the latter in 2013

A bankrupt British socialite is the owner of a centuries-old portrait at the centre of a high court legal dispute, a judge has ruled.

James Stunt and his father, Geoffrey Stunt, had been in a legal row with the trustees of James’s bankruptcy over the Anthony Van Dyck painting The Cheeke Sisters.

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