The Supreme Court has granted leave to businessman Denis O'Brien to apply for an order quashing a decision of the Moriarty Tribunal to proceed to hold public hearings relating to his interest in Doncaster Rovers Football Club in England.
The tribunal was also to inquire into the purported connection of former minister Michael Lowry to the purchase.
The court also granted an injunction restraining the tribunal proceedings to hold public hearings in respect of the Doncaster Rovers transaction until the determination of the judicial review proceedings in the High Court.
The case had come before the Supreme Court by way of an appeal against a High Court decision refusing Mr O'Brien leave to seek the order on the grounds that he was too late in bringing the application.
Doncaster Rovers was purchased in August 1998 by Westferry Ltd, part of the O'Brien family trust, from Dinard Trading Ltd and Shelter Trust Anstalt.
