Solicitor contacted wife from unknown location

MISSING solicitor Michael Lynn has been in phone contact with his wife Bríd Murphy in recent days but she does not know his whereabouts, a High Court judge was told yesterday.

While Ms Muprhy has initiated proceedings against her husband and ACC Bank for a 50% share of the proceeds of sale of a house in Howth, there are no marital difficulties between the couple, said Gary McCarthy, for Ms Muprhy.

Mr Justice Peter Kelly yesterday admitted proceedings by Ms Muprhy against Mr Lynn and ACC Bank to the list of the Commerical Court. In her action, Ms Muprhy is seeking 50% ownership of the proceeds of sale of Glenlion House, Howth, Co Dublin, which the couple had intended as their family home but which is the subject of competing claims by Ms Murphy and several banks and other financial institutions.