The O’Flynn construction group has set out "a good arguable case" entitling it to pursue global private equity fund Blackstone over an alleged conspiracy to take over key companies in the Cork-based group, the Commercial Court ruled.

Companies in the Blackstone Private Equity group have asked the High Court to strike out claims that they conspired to take over several companies of brothers Michael and John O’Flynn.

Former Dairygold CEO Jerry Henchy has settled his High Court action against the co-operative society over the termination of his €580,000-a-year position, plus bonuses and allowances, almost five years ago.

The adult children of solicitor Brian O’Donnell do not have the resources to fight a case in the big business division of the High Court, it was claimed yesterday.

A daughter of a solicitor Brian O’Donnell has appealed orders made by the High Court last Friday directing her to give the bank access to her home or face imprisonment.

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.

AIB has brought a court action aimed at overturning a businessman’s transfer of lands to his wife.

The Commercial Court has heard a Dublin solicitor’s business interests have suffered untold damage as a result of a legal action by Bank of Ireland to recover nearly €70m in unpaid property loans and guarantees.

The Commercial Court has heard a Dublin solicitor, who is being pursued for €69m, claims Bank of Ireland told him it would be flexible in relation to property loans and guarantees.

HIS wealth was estimated at a staggering €55 million in 2008, but yesterday former Anglo chairman and bankrupt Sean FitzPatrick told the High Court he now has an income of just €188 a month.

Former Anglo Irish Bank chairman and bankrupt Sean Fitzpatrick has a net income of just €188 per month, documents furnished to the High Court have revealed.

A court official was given the go-ahead today to divide up the assets of bankrupt former Anglo-Irish chief Sean Fitzpatrick.

FORMER Anglo Irish Bank chairman Seán FitzPatrick was declared a bankrupt by the High Court yesterday at his own request, just days after opposition from Anglo ensured the collapse of his proposed settlement deal with creditors.

The former head of Anglo Irish Bank, Sean FitzPatrick, was officially declared bankrupt today.

An FAI Disciplinary Committee's finding that the owner and Chairman of Cork City FC has brought the game into disrepute "has threatened and disrupted the financial viability and future stability of the League of Ireland club," the High Court heard today.

A DISPUTE over the alleged failure of Dunnes Stores to complete an agreement to become anchor tenant at the Point Village development in Dublin’s docklands has been settled.

A dispute between the Thomas Crosbie newspaper group and a printing firm could involve almost €44m over the term of a 15-year agreement between the parties, the Commercial Court heard yesterday.

THE High Court yesterday put troubled finance firm Structured Credit Company (SCC) into examinership on the basis that it still had a chance of surviving.

A SETTLEMENT was announced in the High Court yesterday in proceedings against Elan Corporation plc brought by a former chief executive and chairman of the pharmaceutical company, Donal Geaney, who claimed he was being denied share option entitlements worth up to $12 million.

INDAVER’S lawyer Paul Gardiner has claimed that the proposed toxic waste incinerator would have “no adverse health impact,” provided EU directives on emission standards are met.

THE country’s first toxic waste incinerator must not be built before a proper Health Impact Assessment is carried out, a leading public health specialist warned yesterday.

TOXIC waste incinerators pose a serious health risk to babies and can cause deformed genitalia, cleft lips and learning difficulties in children, it was claimed yesterday.

THE Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will lose all credibility, if it does not withdraw the draft licence which it has granted for the country’s first €93m toxic waste incinerator in County Cork, Green Party TD Dan Boyle said yesterday.

A BLUEPRINT for a new type of statutory inquiry will be presented to the Cabinet for approval by Justice Minister, Michael McDowell.

HEALTH Minister Micheál Martin may ask the High Court to appoint an inspector to investigate the role of international drug companies in supplying contaminated blood to Irish haemophiliacs.

Senior Counsel, Paul Gardiner has been appointed by the Minister of Health to investigate the role of US pharmaceutical companies in the infection of Irish haemophiliacs.