Legal battle over closed Rogano restaurant is settled …

Exterior of Rogano oyster bar and restaurant in Glasgow, with large green ROGANO sign above display windows and a painted lobster mural, photographed in 2001.Rogano, pictured in 2001, was said to be Glasgow’s longest surviving restaurant until it closed in 2020.
A legal row over the iconic Glasgow restaurant Rogano has been settled by the owners and the landlord, more than six years since it last opened to diners.

The restaurant, which was popular for university graduate celebration dinners, closed during the Covid-19 pandemic but was unable to reopen due to floods and an electrical fire in the Art Deco property.

The UK Supreme Court, which is sitting in Scotland for the first time this week, was due to hear the case, but justices were told the claim had been settled just hours before.

Forthwell Limited, which has traded as Rogano since 1935, claimed landlord Pontegadea UK should compensate it for lost profits, with repairs still incomplete.

The UK’s highest court was due to hear the long-running dispute when news of the settlement between Forthwell Limited and Pontagadea UK, which is owned by Spanish billionaire and Zara clothing founder Amancio Ortega, was announced.

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