"A bankruptcy petition was brought against Finnan over his failure to pay a five-figure sum linked to a family feud that saw him make older sibling Sean bankrupt in 2019. Part of Liverpool's legendary 2005 Champions League-winning triumph and the Republic of Ireland's 2002 World Cup squad, Finnan has been plagued by legal strife for almost a decade since suing his brother over a failed property venture."
"One such case − an attempt to have a Charles Russell Speechlys lawyer jailed for contempt of court during a failed £6m negligence claim against the firm − ended in him being hit with a five-figure costs bill. However, the former full-back did not pay the debt, leaving him facing a petition to make him bankrupt at Central London County Court."
Finnan faces a bankruptcy petition after failing to pay a five-figure costs bill linked to a long-running family dispute. A failed property venture with his older brother produced a £4m High Court settlement in 2018, but the brother failed to pay and was made bankrupt in July 2019. Finnan then brought legal claims against his solicitors, including a struck-out £6m negligence action against Charles Russell Speechlys and an unsuccessful contempt attempt. The contempt attempt resulted in a five-figure costs order that remains unpaid, and an appeal was described as a 'hopeless' delaying tactic by a High Court judge.
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