The High Court heard further evidence this morning of Dublin West TD Mr Liam Lawlor’s alleged failure to co-operate fully with the Flood tribunal.
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.
This morning the court continued to hear detailed evidence read from affidavits by Flood tribunal solicitor Ms Marie Anne Howard and Mr Lawlor himself.
Lawyers for the Flood tribunal this morning claimed a lack of documentation on eight bank accounts in Lichenstein, loans from the Morgan Trust and information relating to his involvement in various companies both here and in the Czech Republic.
In his affidavit, Mr Lawlor defended the lack of documentation relating to a £681,000 loan from the Morgan Trust to Longwater, the company Mr Lawlor was operating in Prague. Mr Lawlor said the terms of the deal were "agreed on a handshake".
Laywers for the tribunal accused Mr Lawlor of "deliberately invoking a degree of casualness to the deal in order to defend the lack of documentation".
Earlier this year Mr Lawlor spent seven days in jail and was fined £10,000 for failing to supply the tribunal with financial records.
If found in contempt of the earlier order to comply with the tribunal, Mr Lawlor could find himself back in prison. The case continues this afternoon.