Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 06/08/2008
New Hampshire court officials say that retired Superior Court Justice Peter Smith of Bethlehem has died. He was 69.
India eNews (Free subscription) | 25/07/2008
... confirmation that the pipes passed under his land.Awarding Fayed his share of the proceeds, Justice Peter Smith said it was clear the company - which acquired the site from its original owners in 1994 - had avoided revealing what has happening because it expected 'trouble' if he found out.The tycoon, whose family business empire is estimated at pound 555 million, said 'justice...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 25/07/2008
High court judge Mr Justice Peter Smith heard that unbeknown to Fayed, prospectors have pumped more than a million barrels of oil from deposits under his estates, Barrow Green Court and Barrow Green Farm, near Oxted. The owners of Palmers Wood Oilfield in Oxted, Surrey, had drilled three wells diagonally under the estates. Production began in October 1990 and by the end of 2007...
Times Online (Free subscription) | 24/07/2008
From Times OnlineJuly 24, 2008Al Fayed wins stake in 'secret' Surrey oil fieldMohamed al Fayed arrives at the High Court in London. Monday, February 18, 2008.Alex Spence Mohamed Al Fayed today won a stake in the proceeds of an oil field in Surrey that had been pumping from under his land without his knowledge for 17 years. Mr Justice Peter Smith, sitting at the High Court in London,...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 24/07/2008
Awarding Mr Fayed his share of the proceeds, Mr Justice Peter Smith said it was clear the company – which acquired the site from its original owners in 1994 - had avoided revealing what has happening because it expected "trouble" if he found out.
