Shatter withdraws reasonable apprehension of bias claim

Former minister for justice Alan Shatter is not proceeding with his claim of a "reasonable apprehension of bias" on the part of barrister Sean Guerin in preparing his report concerning Mr Shatter’s handling of complaints by Garda whistleblower Maurice McCabe.

A hearing date for Mr Shatter’s case challenging that report on various other grounds has yet to be fixed.

High Court deputy master Angela Denning, who deals with various pre-trial applications, was told yesterday by Paul Anthony McDermott, counsel for Mr Guerin, that his side had received a letter stating the allegation of reasonable apprehension of bias was not being proceeded with.