THE company behind a trio of failed Perth restaurants is being pursued for more than $300,000 by a landlord and suppliers.
Five summons have been issued against Element WA, which ran The Trustee, Beaufort Local and Enrique’s School for to Bullfighting.
They include a summons for $221,322.07 issued by Benjamin and Co which owns the buildings that house Beaufort Street Local and Enrique’s School in Highgate.
Scott Taylor, 40, co-director of Element WA, which was placed into voluntary administration last week, disputes the amount.
“That number doesn’t make any sense to me,” he said this past week.
Mr Taylor declined to reveal how much his company owes the bank, the Australian Taxation Office or The Trustee landlord Brookfield Place, which he described as “arrogant” and “truculent”.
“Brookfield I don’t give a f*** about,” he said. “The bank I don’t care about. But the local suppliers, if it’s true, that we owe that, everybody will get taken care of.”
Red Letter Wines owner Grayson Durham has issued a summons for $3747.41, a figure which Mr Taylor also disputes.
“I went in there and tried to get some of the wine back and they wouldn’t give it to me,” Mr Durham said. “Then I…