Businessman Jeffrey Stokes, his wife and two sons are being pursued at the Commercial Court for €14.7m summary judgement orders arising from loans and guarantees.

The transfer of monies from a firm behind a failing restaurant run by businessman Jeffrey Stokes to another owned by his wife, Pia Bang Stokes, was a fraud under company law, a judge has ruled.

A premises housing a VIP piano bar and nightclub which was run as an extension of Dublin’s internationally famed Unicorn Restaurant has been repossessed by its new South African-based owners.