Amy Winehouse’s father has lost a High Court claim against two of his daughter’s friends over the auctioning of items that had been owned by the singer.
Mitch Winehouse, acting as the administrator of his daughter’s estate, sued her stylist Naomi Parry and friend Catriona Gourlay over claims they profited from selling dozens of items at auctions in the United States in 2021 and 2023.
Lawyers for Mr Winehouse told a trial in December the two women had “deliberately concealed” that they were selling the items, and the legal proceedings were his “only means of obtaining answers”.
Ms Parry and Ms Gourlay defended the claim, with their barristers stating that the items were either gifted by Ms Winehouse or were already owned by them.
Deputy High Court judge Sarah Clarke said in a judgment on Monday: “I find that neither Ms Parry nor Ms Gourlay deliberately concealed any of their disputed items from the claimant and even if I am wrong about that, Mr Winehouse could have discovered what disputed items the defendants had with reasonable diligence.”
Ms Winehouse, whose 2006 album Back To Black made her an international star, died from alcohol poisoning in 2011, aged 27.
