Court date set for Kennedy’s challenge of freezing order

The High Court will in June hear a challenge by a company of businessman Jim Kennedy against a freezing order on land which the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) says was rezoned as a result of corruption.

Jackson Way Properties Ltd (JWPL), of which Mr Kennedy is a director, claims CAB wrongfully obtained the freezing order on 17.6 acres in Carrickmines, Co Dublin, in 2006. It claims it has suffered loss and damage as a result and that the order, which prohibited the disposal of the land by JWPL, was a breach of its constitutional and European Convention rights.

CAB denies the claims.