Dealer pays consultant €55k over ‘dream car’ swap

A consultant who lost a Ferrari in a deal for a dream McLaren sports car he never received, has been paid €55,000 by the dealer he sued, the High Court was told.

Counsel Shaun Boylan told Mr Justice Michael Moriarty that the payment had been made to solicitors for Dr Eddie O’Donnell, who traded his Ferrari California with Ocean Vehicle Trading Ltd and its director Oisín Legaspi.

The trade was made on the basis that the Ferrari would part finance the purchase of Dr O’Donnell’s dream car, a 2012 McLaren MP4 12C which he said he never received.