Full coverage: Paul Gallagher

During pre-trial talks, Paul Gallagher, now attorney general, is said to have struck a costs deal for his client FBD that would save the insurer a seven-figure sum. But the High Court has heard opposing counsel Michael Cush has a different recollection.

Up until last February, attorney general Paul Gallagher was acting in an epic courtroom saga involving an oligarch and an alleged $2 billion corporate raid on a Russian ammonia plant called ToAZ. But who exactly was he representing?

The government has rejected suggestions that there was a conflict of interest when the attorney general retained a number of private cases, including one for the directors of INM. The affair raises questions.