The direction of travel was made clear by Justice David Kennedy at a court sitting late last month. Former Press Up boss Paddy McKillen Jr was going to fail in his attempt to strike out a €2.1 million bankruptcy summons against him. The petition would go ahead.  Now, with the just-published 96-page judgment comes the detail behind that result including findings of “unsubstantiated assertions”, “inconsistencies”, and “key lacunae” in the businessman’s pleaded case – some detracting from his credibility – along with a “curious practice of using the passive voice to ambiguously reference responsibility for actions as if they occurred…

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