{
  "id": 9135606,
  "title": "El Supremo británico da la razón a Amancio Ortega por un pleito en Glasgow",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/el-supremo-britanico-da-la-razon-a-amancio-ortega-por-un-pleito-en",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-22T11:55:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Expansion ES",
    "slug": "expansion-es",
    "url": "https://www.expansion.com/empresas/2026/09/22/6ab26c9b468aeb61788b4574.html"
  },
  "original_language": "es",
  "account": "The UK Supreme Court has ruled in favor of Pontegadea, the investment vehicle of Amancio Ortega, in a dispute with Forthwell over the Rogano restaurant, the oldest in Glasgow. The decision does not have economic implications for the parties, who reached an out-of-court settlement in May regarding the dispute. The UK Supreme Court has ruled in favor of Pontegadea, the investment vehicle of Amancio Ortega, in the dispute with Forthwell Limited, the lessor of the premises where the Rogano restaurant was located, the oldest restaurant in Glasgow. The judgment, dated September 17th, confirms the decision of the Scottish Court of Appeal and definitively rejects Forthwell's claim for compensation for business losses suffered after the closure of the establishment in 2020. The ruling comes just four months after both parties reached an out-of-court settlement the night before the oral hearing, scheduled for May 20th in Glasgow, during the first session of the UK's highest court ever held in Scotland. Despite this agreement, whose terms have not been disclosed, the Supreme Court decided not to allow the withdrawal of the appeal and proceeded to the hearing to issue a ruling on the substance of the matter. According to the resolution itself, the court considered that the dispute raised a point of public law of general importance and that at least one other judicial procedure was pending pending this decision, so it was appropriate to establish a precedent. The dispute dates back to the damages caused by flooding and water leaks in the premises in December 2020 and January 2021, which left the electrical installation unusable and the establishment without heating, preventing its reopening after the pandemic. Forthwell, the lessor under a contract with Pontegadea dating back to 2013, demanded not only the execution of the pending repair works but also compensation for the lost profit suffered by Rogano, its subsidiary and operator of the restaurant under license, to which Forthwell had not formally assigned the lease. The core legal issue of the appeal revolved around the doctrine of transferred loss, which allows a contracting party to claim damages actually suffered by a third party not party to the contract in certain circumstances. Forthwell argued that this doctrine should apply to its benefit given the material shared interest of its own companies in the premises. Judge Raymond Doherty rejects this approach and also warns that admitting this doctrine under the terms proposed by Forthwell would open up an excessively broad and undefined exception to the general rule that a party can only claim damages it has actually suffered, risking unpredictable consequences for the respondent. The Supreme Court nevertheless prefers to leave unresolved whether the so-called broader ground - an alternative avenue for admitting such claims - forms part of English or Scottish law, as neither party had litigated on that question with the necessary detail. Apart from its doctrinal relevance for English law, the judgment has no direct economic impact on the parties, as the settlement reached in May remains in force and prevails over this new ruling. The Rogano, which opened in 1874 and occupied the same location at 11 Exchange Place from 1935 until its closure due to the pandemic, remained unable to reopen its doors.",
  "summary": "La Justicia de Reino Unido ha fallado a favor de Pontegadea, el vehículo inversor de Amancio Ortega, en el litigio que mantenía con Forthwell por el restaurante Rogano, el más antiguo de Glasgow. La resolución no tendrá efectos económicos para las partes, que en mayo alcanzaron un acuerdo extrajudicial sobre la disputa. Leer",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}