2014 proceedings concerned alleged fraudulent transfer of assets between Dunne and Gayle Killilea in bid to beat creditors
The High Court has for the second time refused to dismiss a 10-year-old Irish case brought against Gayle Killilea by the official assignee of the bankruptcy of her Celtic Tiger-era developer ex-husband, Seán Dunne.He said the issues in the Irish proceedings have not before been determined and there is no evidence before the court to suggest there has been any abuse of process by the bankruptcy assignee.
The official assignee, represented by Edward Farrelly SC, instructed by Clark Hill Solicitors, contested her application over several days last May. They maintain that the asset transfers occurred when Mr Dunne was fully solvent, but a Connecticut jury in 2019 found that he had fraudulently transferred to Ms Killilea assets worth millions of euro, including a mansion on Shrewsbury Road in Dublin 4.A US appeals court dismissed Ms Killilea and Mr Dunne’s separate appeals against the 2019 verdict. The US supreme court has refused to hear further appeals from them.
Ruling on her second request for a dismissal, Mr Justice Barrett on Friday said there was nothing in Ms Killilea’s application that would sustain a claim of “res judicata”.
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