Taylor v Taylor & Anor (Re Jamett Properties Ltd)

NICOLA RUSHTON KC (Sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court) ____________________

Mr Christopher Boardman KC (instructed by Thompson Smith and Puxton) for the Petitioner Mr James Lee Taylor, First Respondent (in person) The Second Respondent was represented by GunnerCooke LLP but did not appear Hearing dates: 15 � 19 December 2025 ____________________

i) Having said in his statement that the Company's 2024 accounts would be filed as soon as possible, he initially said in cross examination that he did not know why this had not happened but ultimately acknowledged that he was unwilling to file them until the case was over.

ii) Having pleaded that there was an inquorate general meeting of the Company on 17 April 2013 at which he passed a resolution removing Joe as a director, and said in his statement that he called a meeting and had a large enough majority to remove Joe, in cross examination he accepted that although he went to Bracher Rawlins' offices that day, he did not know if a notice had been sent to Joe convening a meeting, that nothing happened and no resolution was even purportedly passed.

iii) Having pleaded that Joe was excluded from the Company because he refused to comply with his duties as a director, and then said in his witness statement that they fell out in 2011 over growth strategy, in cross examination he ultimately accepted that Joe's exclusion was as a result of the incident at Mixit's/the Company's offices in early 2013 after his employment ended, when Joe tried to obtain some documents and was told to leave (this latter being Joe's case).