High Court to hear O’Brien access demands

A dispute over the level of access being given to Denis O’Brien’s experts for their limited inspection of computers of a PR firm involved in an alleged conspiracy against the billionaire businessman will have to be heard by the High Court later this week.

Lawyers for Mr O’Brien returned to court yesterday to complain that Red Flag Consulting and a number of directors and employees were in breach of an order made last Friday allowing for “forensic imaging” of computer files to ascertain who is involved in the alleged conspiracy.

Mr O’Brien says an unidentified client of Red Flag is behind the conspiracy to defame and damage him commercially. He received material on a USB stick delivered anonymously to him containing a dossier of documents, many of which are allegedly defamatory.