Hedge/laneway row in High Court

Sala

Was anyone in court for this and know what happened? I'm just curious as I sat through some of it but the times says under the picture the reuters lost their appeal, but in the body of the article the madigans lost..

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/high-court/wicklow-couple-face-massive-legal-bill-over-few-feet-of-hedge-1.2035750

Sala

sorry just saw the times edited the caption. So it appears the people who won in the Circuit lost in the High

MarkAnthony

Bloody stupid.

Amazing that it wasn't settled.

nuac

An impressive list of witnesses for a trespass action.

I presume efforts were made to settle it, but sometimes, especially in land cases, people insist on having their day in court.

In Mayo there is plenty of land litigation. In one area the local AGS sergeant often settled such disputes. That saved people money, plus the ongoing bitterness from such litigation

Pat Mustard

The court heard that an open offer had been made at the start of the appeal by caravan park owners, the Rueters to settle the case which includes €20,000 contribution towards legal costs previously incurred.

He also awarded all costs against the Madigans. The judge said all efforts to encourage or broker a compromise in the bitter dispute between the neighbours have failed at every turn.

As a result he said the court had to hear not just the evidence of the neighbours but also from multiple experts including a chartered engineer, a surveyo, an arborist, a Land Commission solicitor and a historian.

Seems to be quite a cautionary tale about ignoring open settlement offers that a court might find reasonable, in the face of spiralling legal costs.

Five days costs in the High Court. Disaster.

Ken.

When asked for a comment by the Ken Times newspaper the bull McCabe was quoted as saying

"Ah lads, are ye fücking for real. Its only a fücking hedge."