Kathleen Dineen is a 78-year-old pensioner from Co Cork. She describes herself as an elderly woman who has lived with multiple sclerosis for more than 40 years.  In 2018, she suffered a stroke from which she has not fully recovered. Her son Paul Dineen, a solicitor, now helps her with her financial affairs. Around four years ago, she invested in Dolphin Trust, a German property fund set up to develop and renovate listed buildings in Germany. The fund, founded in 2008 by 60-year-old German-British businessman Charles Smethurst, aimed to capitalise on a German tax incentive for citizens who bought into…

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