No probative evidence that bank had an established place of business in the State

Court of Appeal dismisses appeal and upholds decision of the High Court refusing an application for a declaration for the annulment of the burdens registered on a folio together with relevant consequential orders, on the grounds that: (a) there was no probative evidence before the High Court from which the judge could properly draw the inference that respondent bank had ever had an established place of business within this State on the relevant date and, consequently, was not obliged to register on the external Register of Companies; (b) and there was no legitimate basis for contending that the place of address furnished, which was located in Dublin, amounted to an “established place of business within the State; and (c) there was no basis for an allegation of a lack of fair procedures being afforded to the appellant.