No more havens from justice - Extradition of solicitor from Brazil

SOLICITOR Michael Lynn may have heard of the phrase ‘you can run but you can’t hide’. If not, he understands it now, following the decision by the supreme court of Brazil to allow the extradition of the fugitive solicitor to Ireland.

Lynn has been evading the Irish legal system for over eight years but is now likely to face trial for allegedly defrauding money from clients and banks.

Lynn was struck off the solicitors register in 2008, after the Law Society found he had used clients’ money and raised €80m by securing multiple mortgages on the same properties.