Lawlor has not fully complied with order, court told

Dublin West TD Mr Liam Lawlor has failed to fully comply with an order to disclose details of his financial affairs to the Flood…

Dublin West TD Mr Liam Lawlor has failed to fully comply with an order to disclose details of his financial affairs to the Flood tribunal, the High Court was told today.

An affidavit by Flood tribunal solicitor Ms Marie Anne Howard, read to the High Court, said he had "not met his obligations on certain matters".

Mr Lawlor is appearing in the High Court in front of Mr Justice Thomas Smyth, who is reviewing whether Mr Lawlor complied with the order of January 7th this year instructing him to disclose all documents relating to all his financial affairs to the tribunal.

Mr Justice Smyth gave the order to allow Mr Lawlor purge his contempt of court for which he received a three-month prison sentence, one week of which he served in Mountjoy in Dublin.

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In the affidavit read into the public record this morning, Ms Marie Anne Howard, solicitor for the tribunal, said while there is little "continuing concern" by the tribunal over the discovery of documents relating to Mr Lawlor's Irish financial affairs, there is very little documentation concerning Mr Lawlor's financial affairs abroad.

There was no document, the affidavit says, relating to £73,400 transferred by Mr Lawlor from Liechtenstein to a bank account in America.

There were no documents explaining the incomings and outgoings of funds to his accounts in Liechtenstein, the court was told.

There were no documents explaining financial dealings in the Czech Republic, particularly in relation to a sum of £681,000 from the Morgan Trust to Longwater Ltd, the company Mr Lawlor was operating in Prague, the court heard.

There is, according to Ms Howard's statement read to the High Court by Mr Frank Clarke SC for the tribunal, no document to support any of Mr Lawlor's explanations as to where money came from and where it was going.

There is evidence Mr Lawlor did not contact some of the financial institutions he had dealings with as he was ordered to do by Mr Justice Smyth in January, the court also heard.

Mr Clarke told the court there was continuing concern over the lack of documentary evidence outlining instructions Mr Lawlor gave to financial institutions he was involved with.

Mr Lawlor is represented by Mr John Traynor SC, who will make his submission on Monday at 11 a.m.