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Coen & Anor v Doyle & Ors (High Court 2020 No. 4748 P)

  1. 25 March 2021Ireland

    25 March 2021Ireland

    Judgment of the High Court in Coen v Doyle [2021] IEHC 244 dated 25 March 2021

    High Court

    Case no.
    2020 No. 4748 P
    Citation
    [2021] IEHC 244
    Decision summary
    The High Court refused the second defendant's application under the Arbitration Act 2010 to stay the proceedings pending referral of the dispute to arbitration, holding that there was no written arbitration agreement between the parties. It left open whether the oral contract implicated both the first and second defendants.

    Supporting details

    1 authority · 1 participant
    High Court

    Authorities cited

    1
    • Arbitration Act 2010
      statute

    2 years, 2 months and 27 days later · 818 days

  2. 21 June 2023Ireland

    21 June 2023Ireland

    Judgment of the High Court in the case 2020 No. 4748 P dated 21 June 2023

    High Court

    Case no.
    2020 No. 4748 P
    Citation
    [2023] IEHC 310
    Decision summary
    The High Court refused applications by Mark Doyle and Ballinagam Upper Consulting Limited to be released from the proceedings. It held that the plaintiffs' claims concerning the parties to the construction contract and the alleged relationship between the two companies raised factual issues requiring trial and were not bound to fail or an abuse of process. The court directed the first and third defendants to deliver defences within 21 days.

    Supporting details

    11 authorities · 14 participants
    Patrick Coen
    Representative
    Aillil O'Reilly SC (For: Patrick Coen · Ellen Coen)
    Representative
    Neal Flynn (For: Patrick Coen · Ellen Coen)
    Representative
    Dillon Eustace (For: Patrick Coen · Ellen Coen)
    Ellen Coen
    Representative
    Aillil O'Reilly SC (For: Patrick Coen · Ellen Coen)
    Representative
    Neal Flynn (For: Patrick Coen · Ellen Coen)
    Representative
    Dillon Eustace (For: Patrick Coen · Ellen Coen)
    Mark Doyle
    Representative
    Arran Dowling-Hussey (For: Mark Doyle · Mark Doyle Building Contractors Limited · Ballinagam Upper Consulting Limited t/a Mark Doyle Building Contractors)
    Representative
    Ensor O'Connor (For: Mark Doyle · Mark Doyle Building Contractors Limited · Ballinagam Upper Consulting Limited t/a Mark Doyle Building Contractors)
    Mark Doyle Building Contractors Limited
    Representative
    Arran Dowling-Hussey (For: Mark Doyle · Mark Doyle Building Contractors Limited · Ballinagam Upper Consulting Limited t/a Mark Doyle Building Contractors)
    Representative
    Ensor O'Connor (For: Mark Doyle · Mark Doyle Building Contractors Limited · Ballinagam Upper Consulting Limited t/a Mark Doyle Building Contractors)
    Ballinagam Upper Consulting Limited t/a Mark Doyle Building Contractors
    Representative
    Arran Dowling-Hussey (For: Mark Doyle · Mark Doyle Building Contractors Limited · Ballinagam Upper Consulting Limited t/a Mark Doyle Building Contractors)
    Representative
    Ensor O'Connor (For: Mark Doyle · Mark Doyle Building Contractors Limited · Ballinagam Upper Consulting Limited t/a Mark Doyle Building Contractors)
    Michael Browne t/a BBA Architecture
    Representative
    Stephen O'Connor (For: Michael Browne t/a BBA Architecture)
    Representative
    Beale & Company (For: Michael Browne t/a BBA Architecture)
    High Court

    Authorities cited

    11
    • Rules of the Superior Courts
      procedural rules
    • Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Ltd v Lavelle (Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Ltd v. Lavelle [2015] IEHC 321)
      case
    • Raymond v Moyles (Raymond v. Moyles [2017] IEHC 688)
      case
    • Lopes v Minister for Justice Equality and Law Reform (Lopes v. Minister for Justice Equality and Law Reform [2014] IESC 21, [2014] 2 I.R. 301)
      case
    • Supermacs Ireland Ltd v Katesan (Naas) Ltd (Supermacs Ireland Ltd v. Katesan (Naas) Ltd [2000] IESC 17, [2000] 4 I.R. 273)
      case
    • Keohane v Hynes (Keohane v. Hynes [2014] IESC 66)
      case
    • Sun Fat Chan v Osseous Ltd (Sun Fat Chan v. Osseous Ltd. [1992] I.R. 425)
      case
    • Prest v Petrodel Resources (Prest v. Petrodel Resources [2013] UKSC 34)
      case
    • Building Control Act 1990
      statute
    • Companies Act 2014
      statute
    • Legal Services Regulation Act 2015
      statute

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