Investment company is granted judgment of over €31 million

Application for judgment in the amount of €30,180,489 - five substantive judgments already delivered by the court - defendant directed to file defence to summary summons - defendant delivered lengthy defence and issued separate plenary proceedings - court ruled that most of plenary proceedings should be struck out - rule in Henderson v Henderson prevents parties from raising claims and defences in subsequent proceedings which could and should have been pursued in earlier proceedings but were not so pursued - matter before the court was whether the loan the subject matter of the proceedings had been effectively assigned to the plaintiff - financial institution assigned loans to plaintiff via deed of transfer - financial institution had a contractual right to assign loans - deed of transfer operated as valid transfer - plaintiff is entitled to the sum found due and owing - document headed notice of assignment gave no date for the assignment - no actual requirement that the date of the actual assignment be given to the debtor - no requirement that the amount due and owing be put on the notice of assignment - defendant was given valid notice of the assignment as required by s. 28(6) of the Supreme Court of Judicature (Ireland) Act 1877 - assignment of the chose in action was valid - not necessary to refer any question of any alleged violation of the rules governing the provision of State Aid to the Court of the Justice of the European Union.