Historic Knockderry Castle sold after 22-year legal battle
In 1997, the firm took Ms Van Overwaele to Dumbarton Sheriff Court, where a sheriff ruled she should pay the sum plus legal expenses.She said: "They asked for the money and I paid the money."
However, West Dunbartonshire and Argyll and Bute councils also claimed that Ms Van Overwaele owed them council tax and business rates arrears, bringing her debts to more than £29,000. In 2009, she transferred Knockderry Castle to her brother George Amil, 55, who said he had legitimately bought the property.
BBC Scotland understands that by the time the castle was seized a year ago, legal fees and outlays incurred by both trustees had reached almost £1.4m. Meanwhile, numerous sheriffs and judges said Ms Van Overwaele had been using "delaying tactics" and obstruction, with judge Lord Tyre describing the case as having a "long history of attritional litigation".Sheriff's officers broke into the castle earlier this year and removed Mr Amil and his family
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