Bargain Hunt star settles out of court

Bargain Hunt and Flog it! star Charles Hanson has, i can disclose, just paid his former business associate Susan Haswell more than £6,000 in unpaid fees and commission rather than face her in court.

it had promised to be a dramatic showdown. Former Christie’s auctioneer Hanson had hoped to have the case heard in his hometown of Derby, while Haswell argued it should be heard in Kingston upon Thames, close to where she helped him establish his London base last year.

in the end, Hanson settled in full.