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Dispute between farmers and billionaires company is resolved
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A legal dispute between farmers Rory Bridgette and Albert Murphy and Sainfoin Property Company, part of the Comer group owned by brothers Luke and Brian Comer, has been resolved. The applicants claimed rights to five acres of land at Turnapin, Cloghran, near Dublin Airport, which they used for grazing horses, alleging they were bullied and intimidated by company representatives. The defendant denied these allegations, stating the farmers had no rights to the land purchased in 2014 and that the claims were made to denigrate the firm. The matter was heard before Mr Justice Brian McGovern at the Commercial Court. Counsel for the applicants, Martin Hayden SC, stated the proceedings had been resolved and the claim withdrawn, requesting a costs order in favour of the defendant. Counsel for the farmers, Eanna Mulloy SC, confirmed an agreement to remove a lis pendens registered against the lands. The judge welcomed the resolution. Previously, in September, Ms Justice Eileen Creedon discontinued a temporary injunction obtained by the farmers, preferring the company's evidence that there was no basis for the claims of interference or trespass. The court noted the farmers had fenced off the land since the early 2000s, while the company alleged the farmers attempted to extort compensation. The current hearing concluded with the withdrawal of the claim and the agreed removal of the lis pendens.
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What: Report matter: Dispute between farmers and billionaires company is resolved. Procedural stage: hearing_or_decision
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- 2017-11-27 Publication
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