High Court hears fund claim entitlement to businessman's €1.5m settlement over forged signature

A fund says it is entitled to part or all of a €1.5m settlement a businessman got when he sued his former accountant over the alleged forgery of his signature on mortgage deeds, the High Court has heard.

Patrick Wheelock received the settlement monies from Michael O’Leary who had allegedly forged Mr Wheelock’s signature on the documents relating to a €2.6m loan for development lands at Monvoy, Co Waterford.