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Full coverage: Courts

A property investor is suing three individuals in a row over a €160m student accommodation scheme

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.

Tom Lyons
25th Jan, 2022 - 4 min read

As it finalises its Chapter 11 in Delaware, Mallinckrodt is lining up an Irish examinership

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.

I. Kehoe and T. Hubert
7th Jan, 2022 - 4 min read

CarVal meets Kafka: Trapped in the world of an “unreasonable and unduly aggressive” vulture fund

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.

Thomas Hubert
9th Nov, 2021 - 6 min read

Charlatans, fraudsters and a crock of nonsense: The 27 arguments designed to stop a repossession over a €15,000 debt

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.

Ian Kehoe
1st Oct, 2021 - 9 min read

Five weeks before Web Summit, this is the inside story of how two founders went from couch to court over VC play

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.

Tom Lyons
29th Sep, 2021 - 12 min read

Pigeon House debacle: McKillen’s Oakmount set to join court action

Johnny Ronan's property development group launched legal action against Dublin City Council last month over the procurement process to develop a major coastal site, since aborted. The preferred bidder is now entering the legal battle.

Tom Lyons
24th Sep, 2021 - 2 min read

A culture clash on Capel Street: How a laneway has become a frontier in a battle between big and small business

The Northern Irish group behind Belfast's Merchant Hotel is bringing its fashionable Bullitt brand to the former Riverdance HQ in Dublin. But its plans for the €30m hotel development have allegedly been jeopardised by a row with a local landlord.

Francesca Comyn
21st Sep, 2021 - 10 min read

Building a dispute: The battle between two top building providers over share sale and alleged “data leaking”

One of Dublin’s top building providers is challenging a move by a former managing director to sell 10% of the business to a rival, claiming he disclosed confidential company information. New court documents reveal what HPC alleges occurred.

Tom Lyons
7th Sep, 2021 - 5 min read

Seven EU countries have passed laws forcing Airbnb to share landlords’ tax data. The other 20 can now go through Ireland

Analysis by The Currency reveals that the tax authorities of six EU countries have received Irish-held customer data from Airbnb. Now, a new Irish court judgement paves the way for other members states to do likewise. What happens next?

Thomas Hubert
18th Aug, 2021 - 7 min read

Chasing a €1m personal debt, AIB is claiming a 30% stake in a successful connected vehicle start-up

Tech entrepreneur Barry Napier had a side business in pubs and restaurants. When that failed, his bankers went after his most precious asset – his shares in Cubic Telecom.

Thomas Hubert
6th Aug, 2021 - 3 min read
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