Later it turned out Mr Ballantyne’s benevolence, was more to do with the fact that he was an undischarged bankrupt, and so legally was unable to be a director of a company until his bankruptcy ceased on 6 August 2007.
In December 2007 Mr Ballantyne made the remark to her that he had removed her as a director of the company and their relationship ended in 2009, which did not seem to end very well, as Mr Ballantyne subsequently won a court judgment against Ms Andrews for $15,000.
On 20 August 2010, Ms Andrews got her lawyers to send INS Restorations a request for all her personal information.
The day before the hearing, Mr Ballantyne notified the tribunal that he had restored to the company register Ms Andrews’s shareholding and directorship.
Despite this, the hearing still took place, and Andrews was awarded $20,000 in damages for injury to feelings.