Civil war erupts at Zaha Hadid Architects

By Elizabeth Hopkirk2018-11-15T07:00:00

Patrik Schumacher takes fellow executors of late architect’s will to court

The executors of Zaha Hadid’s will are locked in an extraordinary legal wrangle that has exploded into the public domain.

The late architect’s long-time business partner Patrik Schumacher lodged a claim in the High Court on Tuesday afternoon against his three fellow executors of Hadid’s £70m will. The three are architectural patron Peter Palumbo, Hadid’s niece Rana and the artist Brian Clarke.

All four are also directors of Zaha Hadid Holdings, the practice’s parent company. They were appointed last year.

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