Judge to rule on question for Europe in Quinn-Anglo dispute

THE High Court will decide later this week how to phrase a question it will ask the European Court of Justice (ECJ) to rule on in relation to the dispute between Anglo Irish Bank and Sean Quinn and his family.

Last month, Mr Justice Frank Clarke said he would refer to the ECJ the question whether the courts in Ireland or Cyprus should decide a legal dispute involving the bank and the Quinn family.

Yesterday, he received submissions from both parties in relation to how the question to the ECJ should be put. The judge told the parties he would deliver his decision as to which of the submissions the court would refer to the ECJ, and hear further argument tomorrow morning.