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23/11/2012
High Court Dispute Set To Proceed Following Ruling
Following a ruling that the firm run by socialite-turned-developer Gayle Killilea would not have to pay €600,000 in legal costs in advance of a hearing, the High Court dispute with a syndicate of banks looks set to proceed.
The case is over an alleged outstanding bill of €1m for repair works carried out by Ms Killilea's company, Mavior, on two flooded Dublin hotels.
Ms Killilea’s husband, NAMA developer Sean Dunne, previously controlled the hotels, the former Jurys and the Berkely Court in Ballsbridge.
The banks, which took over the running of the hotels after Mr Dunne failed to pay off hundreds of millions of euro in loans, claim he went ahead with a deal, unknown to them, to carry out refurbishments following flood damage in October 2011.
They say the contract for the refurbishments awarded by Mr Dunne to Mavior was "unauthorised".
Now Ms Killilea's company is suing Zrko Ltd, the syndicate of lenders led by Ulster Bank, after Mavior was not paid in full for the work carried out.
Ms Justice Mary Finlay Geoghegan yesterday ruled Mavior was not obliged to provide security of legal costs before its case is heard.
The judge made the ruling after Zrko raised questions about the solvency of Ms Killilea's company.
The judge said it has been established in previous case law, as well as in common law, that poverty is not a bar to a litigant.
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The case is over an alleged outstanding bill of €1m for repair works carried out by Ms Killilea's company, Mavior, on two flooded Dublin hotels.
Ms Killilea’s husband, NAMA developer Sean Dunne, previously controlled the hotels, the former Jurys and the Berkely Court in Ballsbridge.
The banks, which took over the running of the hotels after Mr Dunne failed to pay off hundreds of millions of euro in loans, claim he went ahead with a deal, unknown to them, to carry out refurbishments following flood damage in October 2011.
They say the contract for the refurbishments awarded by Mr Dunne to Mavior was "unauthorised".
Now Ms Killilea's company is suing Zrko Ltd, the syndicate of lenders led by Ulster Bank, after Mavior was not paid in full for the work carried out.
Ms Justice Mary Finlay Geoghegan yesterday ruled Mavior was not obliged to provide security of legal costs before its case is heard.
The judge made the ruling after Zrko raised questions about the solvency of Ms Killilea's company.
The judge said it has been established in previous case law, as well as in common law, that poverty is not a bar to a litigant.
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