Lady Black thown off Hollinger board

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Jake Lloyd-Smith, Evening Standard
19 November 2004

BARBARA Amiel, wife of fallen press baron Lord Black, has been banished from the board of Hollinger Inc by an Ontario judge who suggested she served her own interests at the expense of the company's.

Lady Black was given her marching orders along with key lieutenants, co-chief operating officer David Radler and vice president Jack Boultbee by Ontario Superior Court Justice Colin Campbell.

The judge's order came after a Hollinger Inc minority shareholder - Catalyst Fund General Partner I Inc - petitioned the court to have the board purged of all directors with close ties to Black. Justice Campbell partly agreed, sacking Amiel, Boultbee and Radler because of their relationship with Ravelston, a separate holding company controlled by Black.

Ravelston, the vehicle Black is using to try to buy out Hollinger Inc's minority shareholders, holds most of the shares in Hollinger Inc. Amiel, Boultbee and Radler are all Ravelston directors. Last June, Hollinger Inc lent Ravelston C$1.1m (£490,000) without the approval of Hollinger's independent directors.

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/business/articles/timid84844?source=

[Wat_Tyler]

1. Hooray!

[Lautremont]

2. She ought to be thrown off more things.

I'm not suggesting the Scarborough Bluffs or anything. Just any board or organization she's a part of.

[Wat_Tyler]

3. I'd suggest her high horse.

[Lautremont]

4. Now, now. We don't want to kill her!

That would be quite a fall.

[Wat_Tyler]

5. Feh. It's only a metaphorical horse.

She could stand to take a metaphorical death.

[crasmane]

6. Something this profoundly ignorant American doesn't comprehend:

Quote: BARBARA Amiel, wife of fallen press baron Lord Black, has been banished from the board of Hollinger Inc by an Ontario judge who suggested she served her own interests at the expense of the company's. End quote.

What am I supposed to take "fallen" to mean?

[Wat_Tyler]

8. Socially embarassed, shown to be a fraud and a crook. Disgraced.

[Spazito]

7. Barbara is NO lady....

title or no! This is good news, thanks for the link. Her and her slimy hubby should be thrown off every board they are on and then thrown into prison. Let's see how their faux title serves them there!

[CatBoreal]

9. SMACK DOWN!

I love it! Oh the horror of having to mingle with the little people from now on.

Anyone remember her column in McLean's about nurses doing nothing more than cleaning up 'piss and puke'?

Just goes to show that Karma is a b*tch.

Cam :bounce:

[Swede]

10. Amiel is kind of a Coulter-lite.

Her columns were right wing rants.

[The Backlash Cometh]

11. She got kicked off for serving her own interests at the expense of the

corporation! God, I wish they could set a trend.