	guinness starts court action against saunders guinness plc guin l said it has started court proceedings against former chairman and chief executive ernest saunders and non executive director thomas ward for recovery of mln stg the money was paid to ward via marketing and uisition consultants ltd in jersey guinness said earlier it would propose a resolution at the annual meeting in may to remove saunders and ward as directors of the company earlier this month lawyers for ward told a jersey court that ward saw the payment as his reward for services in last year s takeover battle for distillers co plc guinness has said that both men breached their fiduciary duty in authorising the payment saunders resigned from his executive positions at guinness in january in the aftermath of a government enquiry into share dealings during the battle for distillers but retained his position on the board no spokesman for guinness was immediately available for comment on the statement reuter 
