Entrepreneur and alcohol broker with a decades-long career in the alcohol and off-licence trade, and a long public record of high-value commercial and legal matters.
"I have worked in the alcohol and off-licence business for many years." Baljit "Barry" Bhandal
Baljit Singh Bhandal — widely known as Barry — is a British entrepreneur who describes himself as an alcohol broker. Over a long career he built substantial trading interests and went on to pursue major commercial ventures across the United Kingdom.
His name has featured in the national and international press, and in landmark litigation that has run through the British and Irish courts for more than two decades.
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Bhandal made his name in the alcohol and off-licence sector, an industry he worked in successfully for many years before moving into larger commercial undertakings.
That trading success later funded his most ambitious projects and investments.
Explore his careerOne of the defining chapters of his long-running dispute with a major financial institution.
Bhandal obtained a High Court judgment of £113 million against the bank that succeeded his original lender.
He went on to obtain a European Enforcement Order and pursued recognition of the judgment.
The matter was later resolved through a settlement with the institution's liquidators.
Years of work in the alcohol and off-licence business.
A restraint order was placed over his assets; it was lifted in 2006.
Secured against the successor to his original lender.
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