A High Court judge yesterday rejected claims he was biased when considering Bank of Ireland’s application to have solicitor Brian O’Donnell and his psychiatrist wife, Dr Mary Patricia, declared bankrupt.

A relative of bankrupt solicitor Brian O’Donnell and his wife Dr Mary Patricia O’Donnell has made a last minute challenge to the judge hearing their bankruptcy case.

The four adult children of solicitor Brian O’Donnell have lost their High Court action aimed at preventing Bank of Ireland getting possession of their luxury home in Killiney, Co Dublin.

The four adult children of solicitor Brian O’Donnell were required to provide statutory declarations they had no interest in their luxury home in Killiney, Co Dublin, in an effort to get their parents “off the hook” for €71m, the Commercial Court heard yesterday.

A challenge by the adult children of solicitor Brian O’Donnell to the appointment of a receiver over their luxury home has opened at the Commercial Court.

A solicitor being pursued for €75m by Bank of Ireland over unpaid loans has told the Commercial Court he and his wife received death threats last weekend which gardaí are taking seriously.

A solicitor and his wife were declared bankrupt in London yesterday just as a bank sought to have them questioned in the Dublin High Court over “alarming” discrepancies in statements about their assets.