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The defendant granted two mortgages in favour of the plaintiff for three sums totalling approximately $2 million, advanced to the defendant and his company Clevedon over a 10-month period. The loans fell into default and the plaintiff sought to recover its money under the mortgages. The defendant asserted that the plaintiff’s efforts to enforce the mortgages were void as they had not complied with the Act.