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Mayo cattle dealer sues owners of marts for allegedly failing to honour agreement

Date
2015-05-12

Stage
Hearing Or Decision

Primary locality
Claremorris

County
Mayo

Summary

Finbar Tolan, a cattle dealer and farmer from Middle Mace, Claremorris, Co Mayo, is suing Aurivo Co Op, formerly Connaught Gold Co Op Society Ltd, in the High Court for alleged breach of contract. The applicant claims the defendant failed to honour a July 2012 agreement regarding credit terms for cattle purchased at Balla and Ballinrobe marts. Mr Tolan alleges that after securing bank arrangements to comply with reduced credit terms, the co-op sought further amendments in August 2012. He claims he was subsequently barred from trading at the Balla mart, preventing him from fulfilling a contract to deliver ninety cattle to a meat plant, which led to the loss of that contract and his eventual exit from business. The defendant denies these claims, stating the action was a response to separate High Court proceedings it brought in October 2012. The co-op secured a judgment for €154,000 in those proceedings, which has been appealed to the Supreme Court. Mr Tolan stated he wished to consolidate the two matters, but his application was refused. The case, heard before High Court President Mr Justice Nicholas Kearns, continues.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Mayo cattle dealer sues owners of marts for allegedly failing to honour agreement. Procedural stage: hearing_or_decision

When:

July 2012 Hearing Or Sentence
October 2012 Hearing Or Sentence
June 2012 Other
August 9th 2012 Other
Saturday August 11th 2012 Other
2015-05-12 Publication

Why: He said he sought time in order to put arrangements in place with his bank, including getting an increased overdraft and assigning the proceeds of a life assurance policy, so he could comply with the change of terms. CNI source report