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Court reports mentioning Crosshaven, Cork
2022-10-11 · Dublin
In a High Court case, French film star Dany Boon has been allowed to add several new defendants to his fraud claim. Boon alleges he is the victim of a multi‑million‑euro fraud orchestrated by Thierry Fialek‑Birles, who he says uses a network of companies across the West Indies, the United States, Monaco and Ireland. The new defendants include US‑registered American Sail & Motor Navigation Inc, Amalgamated Plantations Company Ltd (British Virgin Islands), Asia Monaco Investments Ltd (Lusk Co Dublin), Asia Monaco (Monaco), Sail & Motor Navigation Company Limited (Antigua and Barbuda), and several Irish‑registered entities such as South Sea Merchant's Mariners Ltd Partnership, Hibernian Petroleum Limited Partnership, United Irish Estates Limited, Hibernian Yachts Company Limited, and Samoa‑registered United Far East Oriental Holdings (Samoa) Ltd. Boon's lawyers seek freezing and disclosure orders against these parties, following a prior freezing order that prevented the defendants from reducing assets below €6 million.
2022-07-28 · Cork
In a High Court hearing, Dany Boon's legal team argued that several parties, including Thierry Fialek‑Birles and a group of Irish‑registered companies, had defrauded him of millions of euros. Boon claimed he had invested €4.5 m and later €2.2 m through SSMM, a company he said was advised by Birles, who presented himself as an Irish maritime lawyer. Boon alleges SSMM was used to divert his funds to accounts in South Korea and Panama, and that the Rossi family, purported owners of SSMM, do not exist. The court granted a freezing order preventing the defendants from reducing assets below €6 m, including a sailboat named 'Erin' and a property on Strand Street, Youghal. Boon seeks disclosure of documents to trace the missing money, while the defendants intend to fully oppose the action and may join the Rossi family as third parties if evidence of a sale is presented. The case is adjourned to November.
2022-07-14 · Cork
In a High Court hearing on 14 July 2022, French actor Dany Boon, represented by Rossa Fanning SC, claimed he was the victim of a sophisticated multi‑million‑euro fraud. Boon alleged that Thierry Fialek‑Birles, who posed as an Irish lord and maritime law expert, misled him into investing over €6.7 million through a network of companies, including South Sea Merchant's Mariners Ltd Partnership (SSMM) and others registered in Ireland and Samoa. Boon said he advanced €2.2 million for yacht maintenance and €4.5 million for a purported investment scheme with the Irish Central Bank, both of which he claims were never realised. He further alleged that SSMM was taken over by a fictitious Rossi family and that the money was transferred to accounts in South Korea and Panama.
2018-03-20 · Dublin
Havbell Designated Activity Company secured a High Court injunction requiring Maria Isabel Dias and her family to vacate a Dublin property pending the final outcome of the case. Ms Justice Caroline Costello found the fund entitled to possession, ruling that Ms Dias failed to establish an arguable case for occupancy rights binding the fund. Consequently, the judge determined Ms Dias was a trespasser and that the premises did not qualify as a family home under the Family Home Protection Act, 1976. The court noted Ms Dias had profited from using the building as a guesthouse via Airbnb. Ms Dias, represented by Vincent Martin SC, opposed the application, claiming a valid tenancy with former owner John Rooney, an equitable interest based on €50,000 to €80,000 in repairs, and an option to buy the property for €475,000. She also alleged delay and abuse of process by the fund. Havbell, represented by Anthony Thuillier Bl, argued it owns the property, acquired through a €2.3m loan to John Rooney, and that the occupants enjoyed it rent-free for three years. The judge stated there was no legal obligation for the fund to negotiate a sale with Ms Dias, who may sell the property on the open market with vacant possession. The injunction remains in place until the case concludes.