Lotto row: Father ‘wished son to get house’

A solicitor who represented a woman being sued over a one-sixth share of a €3.38m Lotto win has told the High Court that there was no mention to her that a house was being transferred to her client’s stepson instead of cash from the windfall.

Solicitor Aileen Giblin of Jack Duncan and Co solicitors said the firm had acted for the late Peter Walsh and his wife Mary, who is being sued by her stepson David Walsh, in relation to the acquisition of a new house and the transfer of their previous home to David Walsh following the windfall.

It had also acted in regards to the late Peter Walsh’s estate and will following his death in December 2011.