Jonathan Taylor (pictured outside Central London County Court today) has won a payout from Murray
A millionaire who told an award-winning landscape designer 'sue me you pr**k' after refusing to pay up for a garden makeover has been ordered to shell out nearly £24,000 in compensation.
Angus Murray from Chelsea complained that Jonathan Taylor botched a revamp of the back garden of his £4million home in Carlyle Square.
Mr Taylor's company, Jonathan Mark Garden Design Ltd, carried out work in 2017 to his orders while Mr Murray was away on a business trip, but Murray was 'disappointed' with what he saw on his return.
He threw a number of complaints at the design company - including laying paving slabs with the wrong pattern and colour and with 'misaligned corners', and placing stepping stones 'in an unsightly and impractical manner'.
Now Judge David Mayall at Central London County Court has awarded the company £23,989 in damages and ordered Murray to pay the legal costs of the trial.
The court heard that Mr Taylor - whose business has won several design awards - fell out with the millionaire after Mr Taylor's company laid new paving slabs and put down shrubs in his garden in leafy Carlyle Square.
When Mr Murray returned home part way through the project, 'it was abundantly apparent that he was unhappy,' Judge Mayall said.
Katy Leo, a colleague of Mr Murray's, complained Mr Taylor's men had laid down the wrong paving stones, and that a protruding manhole cover remained a 'complete eyesore'.
Mr Murray also complained that a small line of box shrubs was planted too close together to grow properly.
Efforts to resolve the conflict reached deadlock, with Mr Murray wanting the landscapers to pull out most of the slabs they had laid, the court heard.
And the two sides hit the point of no
