A High Court judge who criticised the conduct of Breccia, a company linked to businessman Larry Goodman, in the marathon litigation over control of Dublin’s Blackrock Clinic has agreed to cease his involvement in the case, writes Ann O'Loughlin.

A company controlled by businessman Larry Goodman has been refused a stay on orders clearing the way for shareholders in Blackrock Clinic to redeem their loans for investing in the facility.

Blackrock Clinic founder Joseph Sheehan has accused a company of Larry Goodman of deliberately inflating to €19.6m the sum for paying off his loans secured against his shareholding in the clinic.