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The court found that Richard Morgan was unfairly excluded from a family farming company, ordered loan repayment and a buy-out, and dismissed Jane Morgan’s counterclaim.
The claimant failed to prove that liability under the personal guarantee beyond £250,000 arose due to fraud, negligence, or misconduct by Mr Watkins. The evidence did not establish that Mr Watkins deliberately made a false promise or intended not to honour it at the time. The cap on the guarantees remains at £250,000 for both defendants.
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M5 Associates Ltd v Wetton & Anor [2025] EWHC 2682 (KB) (17 October 2025)
The High Court reviewed evidence in a claim on personal guarantees and held the claimant had not proved fraud, negligence or misconduct to lift the £250,000 cap.
The 2019 loan was an investment property loan, not a regulated mortgage contract, as less than 40% of the land was intended for use as a dwelling and the loan was for business purposes. The 2021 facility was to a company, not an individual, and thus outside the regulated mortgage regime. Mr McGuinness's claims had no realistic prospect of success. The Composite Proceedings and Insolvency Application were procedurally defective and disclosed no reasonable grounds. Goldentree is entitled to summary judgment and strike out of the relevant claims.
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McGuinness & Anor v Goldentree Financial Services PLC & Anor [2025] EWHC 870 (Ch) (10 April 2025)
The High Court granted Goldentree summary judgment on claims about loan enforceability, struck out the composite and insolvency proceedings, and dismissed related applications.
State Bank of India & Ors v Mallya [2025] EWHC 858 (Ch) (09 April 2025)
High Court appeal in Vijay Mallya’s bankruptcy proceedings: the court held the Indian judgments did not establish security for English insolvency purposes, and the bankruptcy order remained.
Commercial Court judgment on a section 423 Insolvency Act claim alleging asset transfers by Ahmad El-Husseini were made to put assets beyond creditors.
Invest Bank PSC v El-Husseini & Ors [2024] EWHC 2976 (Comm) (21 November 2024)
The Commercial Court dismissed Invest Bank’s section 423 claim, holding it had not proved Ahmad El-Husseini transferred assets with the purpose of defeating creditors.
Yeung v Jeckz Investment Ltd & Ors [2024] EWCA Civ 1413 (14 November 2024)
The Court of Appeal upheld summary judgment on personal guarantees, rejecting an unparticularised undue influence defence raised in separate proceedings.
The Court of Appeal upheld summary judgment on personal guarantees, holding the appellant’s undue influence defence was unsupported, late, and had no real prospect of success.
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