High Court heard challenge to champerty law in O’Brien case

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The High Court heard submissions on 19 November 2015 about whether Harbour Litigation Funding could finance Persona Digital Telephony and Sigma Wireless Networks’ legal claim involving Denis O’Brien, Michael Lowry and the State.

The State argued that champerty remains Irish law after a 2007 review, while Persona said the rule was obsolete and restricted access to the courts.