Kuti Miah has denied owing £15,000 in latest court papers

Kuti Miah, the charismatic entrepreneur who ran Kuti’s Brasserie in the city for decades, is being pursued over an unpaid bill for refurbishing the Grade II listed restaurant building at The Royal Pier, which the business moved into in 2018.

A recent county court case brought by painter and decorator Wayne Holbrook, of Design Dec, will go no further after the court heard that due to being declared bankrupt Mr Miah ‘does not legally exist’.

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Mr Holbrook, who has been chasing payments, which now with interest and legal costs add up to more than £25,000, since the 2021 spruce up, was told to attempt to get his…