SJI Equities, a Belizean-owned subsidiary with a registered address in south Dublin, was allegedly set up with one asset and one purpose – to fight an epic legal battle in Norway over a €5 million investment that tanked. It lost, having racked up a seven-figure legal bill. Then a liquidator was called in.
The National Children's Hospital has been beset by financial overruns and delays. Now a suit brought by the board of the hospital against the main contractor BAM has been re-entered into the Commercial list after settlement negotiations ran out of steam.
In an unprecedented move, the Bar Council is backing protest action by criminal law barristers. It follows a number of informal walk-outs by practitioners over the failure to restore Fempi-era pay cuts.
Moderna claims its patented mRNA innovations have been breached by Pfizer, the US pharma giant with a big footstep in Ireland. It is one of several patent infringement suits lodged by the US biotechnology firm.
Law firm Crowley Millar has said it is concerned investors might feel under pressure to approve the restructuring scheme proposed by the company and this could “sow seeds of mistrust amongst the investors and the brokers”.
Company directors pursued for €12.4m used to live in a house on the Meath-Dublin border. Liquidators have claimed they purchased the property with company money.
Victoria Homes, which once intended to build 4,000 homes in Ireland, is being sued by its biggest lender, Lotus, over the sale of assets. It's just the latest legal rumble in the row between the two parties.
A Ukrainian businessman and his Swiss commodity trading firm have sued the Internet giant in the High Court in Ireland. The plaintiffs have been facing allegations online related to international sanctions, which they have described as "fake news".
K Club owner Michael Fetherston claims care giant Orpea has suppressed earnings to avoid paying him a €7 million performance fee arising from its takeover of his TLC chain of nursing homes.
Former business journalist Rory Godson has been allowed to renew his summons against INM and its former chair Leslie Buckley over alleged data hacking at the media group, despite opposition from the defendants.
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