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Thu 05 May 2004High Court ruling boosts investigation into former Ansbacher customersThe decision by the President of the High Court, Mr Justice Finnegan, in favour of the Revenue Commissioners, will give a boost to the Revenue's investigation into former clients of Ansbacher Cayman.That inquiry has been going on for a number of years. The Dáil was told recently that it had netted €42.15 million to date, mostly by way of payments on account. It is a significant amount of money and the number of settlements reached involves less than half of the identified Ansbacher clients. Also, presumably the larger settlements will come later rather than earlier.