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The directors argued that neither the personal [[guarantee|guarantees]] were binding because they were executed as [[deed|deeds]] and, while all signatures had been witnessed and the documents had been handed over, the documents had still not been [[Deliver|delivered]].  
The directors argued that neither the personal [[guarantee|guarantees]] were binding because they were executed as [[deed|deeds]] and, while all signatures had been witnessed and the documents had been handed over, the documents had still not been [[Deliver|delivered]].  


The directors’ personal {{t|guarantee}}s, even though signed and witnessed, were not in a final form: Manuscript amendments had been made with the intention that clean versions of the documents would be prepared incorporating the amendments, which would then be circulated and signed again.
The directors’ personal {{t|guarantee}}s, even though signed and witnessed, were not in a final form: [[Mark-up|Manuscript amendments]] had been made with the intention that clean versions of the documents would be prepared incorporating the amendments, which would then be circulated and signed again.


At trial the directors’ argument won and Bibby could not enforce the documents as they had not been delivered as {{t|deed}}s.  
At trial the directors’ argument won and Bibby could not enforce the documents as they had not been delivered as {{t|deed}}s.