The Supreme Court has granted leave to retired solicitor Brian ODonnell and his wife Dr Mary Patricia ODonnell to appeal the award of costs which was made against them in the High Court and the Court of Appeal, to be paid outside their bankruptcy estates.
Chief Justice Denham, Justice Dunne, and Justice OMalley stated that this particular question within the ODonnells application for leave to appeal was of sufficient public importance that it should be the subject of an appeal to the Supreme Court.
Background
The proceedings concerned an application to the High Court by Brian and Mary Patricia ODonnell pursuant to s.85C of the Bankruptcy Act 1988 as inserted by s.157 of the Personal Insolvency Act 2012, to annul an adjudica…
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