Quinn loses bid to delay proceedings despite letter

A nephew of bankrupt businessman Seán Quinn has written to the Commercial Court in a bid to stop proceedings against him by IBRC, the former Anglo Irish bank.

Peter Darragh Quinn, in the letter read out in the court yesterday, asked Mr Justice Peter Kelly not to proceed with IBRC’s application to assess damages against him until legal proceedings involving him and his family have concluded.

Mr Quinn has not been involved in the Quinn legal battle since last June when the High Court ruled he, Seán Quinn Sr, and Seán Quinn Jr, were in contempt of court orders restraining stripping of assets. A warrant was issued for the arrest of Peter Quinn to serve a three-month term but that has yet to be executed as he remains in Co Fermanagh.