I don’t want to divert the thread from Sentabale but I thought Camilla Batmangelidjh had been cleared by the High Court?
What I said was that their reputations had been “forever tarnished” by all the interventions and court proceedings, and that none of the people involved in Sentabale presumably want that kind of attention here. And I stand by that comment.
The founder and trustees weren’t ultimately disqualified from being directors, no. But that was just one aspect of the case. There were also damning National Audit Office investigations, and a highly critical Commons Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee report which stated that the Commitee had heard "an extraordinary catalogue of failures of governance and control at every level - trustees, auditors, inspectors, regulators and government". Alan Yentob appeared before the Treasury Select Committee to explain his role in the Charity and was accused by MPs of misusing his position at the BBC to influence coverage of the charity.
The Trustees had the stress and cost of defending High Court claims brought by the Official Receiver personally and having to give evidence to various committees and investigations. No sane person would want that!