Solicitor claims fraud as property repossessed

EIGHT orders for repossession were granted in the High Court yesterday, including one against a solicitor who claimed the signature on the mortgage loan agreement was not hers.

One of the orders related to a debt and an apartment in Grand Canal Quay in Dublin. The loan involved was almost €1.8 million.

The solicitor in whose name the loan was registered claimed she was a victim of fraud, that the signature was not hers and she had reported the matter to gardaí.