in 2004 harlow businessman mo ghadami won his high court case to block a multimillion-pound extension of the town's harvey centre. the iranian-born entrepreneur, who presented his case in person, persuaded mr justice richards to quash harlow dc's grant of planning permission for the development. in his judgment he backed mr ghadami's claim of 'apparent bias or predetermination' in the decision, as a result of the continued participation of michael garnett, the chairman of the planning committee, in the planning process after he had attempted in telephone calls to persuade mr ghadami to consent to the scheme.