A soured shopping centre venture in Bulgaria over a decade ago has spawned a multi-jurisdictional legal row involving offshore companies, alleged fraud and losses said to be in the order of €26 million. For Cork-based British property investor Henry Gwyn-Jones, owner of Georgian pile Ballynatray House, it has been a long and rocky ride. And despite some interesting new international developments, including a hefty financial settlement, the latest ruling from the Court of Appeal won’t offer him much by way of comfort. It began back in 2007, the tail end of the tiger years when, when Gwyn-Jones was approached to buy…

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