Davy’s response to Patrick Kearney’s court action is informative. It issued its defence only after it was threatened with a judgement. It is arguing that the damning Central Bank report into the bond trade is not admissible, and that the report does not show it had a conflict of interest.
Having lost a landmark case over a major tax scheme, the Irish tax authority has been told to pay all of the costs of the case. Undeterred, it is now challenging the Berlin bond scheme in the Court of Appeal.
The former directors of a luxury car importer and exporter are being pursued for the tax debts of the company, which are said to exceed €2 million.
Irish banks and vulture funds' instincts for debt enforcement litigation are seemingly dormant, except for one fund which may be running out of time.
Four significant media and entertainment investors used a complex Berlin bond tax scheme to essentially wipe massive sums off their tax bills. Now, in a major decision, the High Court has ruled in their favour.
Three people living near a student accommodation project in Goatstown, Dublin 14 – one of them head of development for a co-living company – are being sued by an investor for "wrongfully delaying" the project.
A New York-listed pharmaceutical multinational is seeking approval from US courts to emerge from a crushing pile of debt and litigation. The next steps will play out in the High Court in Dublin, where the firm is formally registered and owns billions of dollars' worth of intellectual property.
A company set up to acquire Bank of Scotland loans called in a mortgage, failed to provide the deeds required for a refinance, then threatened to send in a receiver. It has now lost an interim court appeal – all for less than €300,000.
A husband and wife stopped paying their mortgage in 2017. Instead, deploying a playbook devised by so-called “charlatans” and “fraudsters”, they made 27 arguments as to why they should not have to pay the money. The result? A repossession order.
After building the Web Summit event into a formidable networking and deal-making machine, co-founders Paddy Cosgrave and David Kelly branched into venture capital. This is how and why they fell out.
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