Contempt proceedings against receiver over vacating 'firetrap' properties struck out

Dublin City Council ought not to have brought contempt proceedings against a receiver trying to sell residential properties which had to be vacated because they were firetraps, the High Court has heard.

Rossa Fanning, counsel for receiver Stephen Tennant, made the comment when contempt of court proceedings against Mr Tennant over the three 190-year-old properties at Seville Place, off Amiens St, Dublin, were struck out on consent on Thursday.