Judge told to assume Michael Lowry case jurisdiction

A district court judge must assume jurisdiction in a tax charges case against a company of former communications minister Michael Lowry, the High Court has ruled.
Judge told to assume Michael Lowry case jurisdiction

Mr Justice Seamus Noonan said district judge John O’Neill erred when he declined jurisdiction, in May 2014, to deal with summonses against Garuda Ltd whose secretary is the North Tipperary Independent TD Mr Lowry.

Garuda faces three summonses under the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, two of which were allegedly committed in Tipperary 2003 and the third in Dublin in 2007.

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