The apple of Sir Philip’s Green eye, Topshop, has been ordered by the High
Court to pay Rihanna’s ‘startling’ 1.5 million pound legal
bill, effectively pouring more salt into the wound after the artist was
deemed the victor in a legal case with the high street retailer over the
use of her image on a T-shirt.
Last month saw the 26 year artist win an appeal from Topshop’s parent
company Arcadia, which called for the High Court ruling from July 2013 that
banned the fashion chain from selling a T-shirt with Rihanna’s image on it
without her consent to be overturned.
At the time, Sir Philip Green subsequently appealed against paying
Rihanna’s hefty legal costs of 919,000 pounds. Lawyers defending Arcadia
Group argued that there was ‘no proper basis’ for them being ordered to pay
the bill, however their appeal had been turned and now Arcadia Group must
pay her bill in addition to their own, plus all additional costs relating
to the appeal.
The artist’s large legal bill upsetted Arcadia Group, as their own legal
costs where reportedly much less, around 350,000 pounds. However, the three
appeal court judges ruled that ‘the appeal on costs must be dismissed.’ The
financial bill forced upon Arcadia Group may increase over the next few
months, as Rihanna continues to demand an additional 3.5 million pound in
damages and profits made through the sales of the T-shirts.
An inquiry regarding the damages made by Topshop’s actions has yet to be
heard. A total of 12,000 T-shirt bearing Rihanna’s image were produced and
initially sold for 22 pounds before being reduced to 5 pounds, with only 5
garments left and used as evidence for the legal case.
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