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High Court dismisses an action brought by a plaintiff challenging the legality of a forfeiture order and the seizure of funds from his property, where the plaintiff had previously been convicted of money laundering related to the Northern Bank robbery and had not appealed the forfeiture order made following his conviction, on the grounds that the current action constituted an abuse of process as it involved re-litigation of matters already decided and issues that could have been raised in previous proceedings.
Money laundering - Northern Bank Robbery - forfeiture order - abuse of process - res judicata - Criminal Justice Act 1994 - retrial - conviction - seizure of funds - High Court - finality in litigation - re-litigation - public policy - Damache v Director of Public Prosecutions - unconstitutionality - search warrant - Garda Síochána - Criminal Assets Bureau - Danske Bank - judicial review - ownership of funds - presumption of validity - collateral challenge.
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