Several former directors of a luxury fashion retailer are locked in a High Court dispute with the company’s liquidators over allegations of “serious mismanagement” before its collapse.
Three former senior employees of Farfetch, which was placed into liquidation last year, are at the centre of an investigation into the circumstances leading to its failure.
The liquidators have raised concerns that the online luxury clothing and accessories seller may have been “seriously mismanaged” by members of its leadership team in the run-up to its collapse. These include José Neves, the founder of Farfetch, Stephanie Phair, former group president, and Elliot Jordan, ex-chief financial officer.
Alvarez & Marsal, the liquidator, is…