An estate agency has been ordered by the High Court to hand over emails relating to a legal dispute between the billionaire Candy brothers and a former business associate. In what is likely to prove an embarrassing legal order for a company that prides itself on client discretion, Savills will be required to submit emails from three of its directors containing references to the dispute. The court order comes after a request for disclosure of the emails from Mark Holyoake, a businessman who plans to take legal action against Savills, seeking compensation for alleged misconduct, including breach of confidentiality. Mr Holyoake is claiming £132 million from the Candy brothers over a £12 million loan he took from Christian Candy’s company CPC in 2011 to fund
Savills estate agency has been ordered by a High Court judge to turn over emails from three of its directors concerning an ongoing legal battle between businessman Mark Holyoake and the billionaire developers the Candy brothers. The court heard that in March last year Mr Holyoake, who is also chairman of the National Lottery Company, sent email messages to his two sons asking them for advice on how they could get their father Holyoake alleges Sharpe-Neal and Baring passed on information via e-mail to the Candy brothers, enabling them to allegedly exert financial pressure on him over a £12m ($16m) loan. Savills, Holyoake and the Candy brothers all declined to comment.