The businessman Dermot Desmond has claimed that the present phase of the Moriarty Tribunal is presenting irrelevant material in a fashion that is potentially damaging to his reputation.
Mr Desmond has brought judicial review proceedings in the High Court to stop the Tribunal proceeding in a manner that he regards as procedurally unfair.
He claims that the Tribunal has moved beyond its terms of reference and is acting outside its powers.
Mr Desmond was not granted leave to pursue his court action today, but Mr Justice Quirke will make a decision next week when he has an opportunity to hear from the Tribunal as well.
Counsel for Mr Desmond, Bill Shipsy, argued that the Tribunal was reading selected portions of the 1993 Glackin Report, and that it was not relevant.
The Glackin Report was concerned with the sale of the Johnson Mooney and O'Brien Ballsbridge site to Telecom Éireann, and the involvement in the sale of two property companies in which Mr Desmond was found to have an interest.
Mr Shipsy said his client always disputed the Glackin Report.
Mr Shipsy also said that the Tribunal was engaging in an examination of the procedures that were used in the granting of the second mobile phone licence, and this was not within its terms of reference.
He said no allegation was being made against Mr Desmond at the Tribunal.
