Court told devices were restored to factory settings as Horizon claims they may have held vital material

Treasury Holdings gave an “unequivocal” undertaking earlier this month not to bring a legal challenge to the appointment of receivers over several of its assets if Nama allowed a two-week “standstill” period which Nama had given, the High Court was told yesterday when Treasury’s challenge to those receivers came before the court.

A PROPERTY investment in Sligo allegedly promoted by an accountant and involving former EU Commissioner Ray MacSharry and others is at the centre of a Commercial Court action which opened yesterday.

THE legal challenge by businessman Paddy McKillen and several of his companies to the proposed transfer of €80 million “non-impaired” loans to the National Assets Management Agency will be heard on October 5 at the Commercial Court.

The Irish Medical Organisation and several junior doctors have been granted High Court permission to challenge what they claim is a breach of contract by the Health Service Executive over an attempt to introduce a number of cost saving measures including the reduction of overtime rates.

THE US trustee handling the liquidation of the business of alleged $65 billion (e50bn) fraudster Bernard Madoff has told the High Court he has decided not to participate “at this stage” in court proceedings here.

The widow of man who took his own life 10 years ago while he was a patient at a psychiatric hospital has settled her action for negligence, the High Court heard today.

PROCEEDINGS taken by the widow of the late educational publisher Albert Folens to restrain RTÉ from using an interview with her husband in a programme entitled Ireland’s Nazis will be heard in the High Court on Monday.

A FORMER Ryanair official claimed in a “robust” letter sent to all the airline’s pilots that, rather than spending £1,000 a year on joining a pilots’ trade union, they should spend the money on “fast women, slow horses or even greyhound racing”, the High Court heard yesterday.

The State today apologised unreservedly to Co Donegal man Frank Shortt for his wrongful conviction and imprisonment on trumped up charges that he allowed the sale of drugs at his former nightclub in Inishowen.

THE High Court has continued an interim injunction granted earlier this week to Smart Mobile Ltd restraining the Communications Regulator from awarding the 3G licence to any other company.

THE High Court has granted an interim injunction to Smart Telecom restraining the Communications Regulator from awarding the 3G licence to another firm.

A DISPUTE broke out at the High Court yesterday over whether lawyers for Fyffes plc should have produced certain documents which, DCC claims, are crucial to and supportive of its denial of allegations that it breached insider dealing provisions of the Companies Act in relation to a €106 million sale of the DCC stake in Fyffes in February 2000.