David and Patrick Maughan injunction case adjourned

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Mr Justice Paul Gilligan adjourned the High Court injunction case involving David and Patrick Maughan for a week on 3 November 2016.

Nama-appointed receivers Jim Hamilton and David O’Connor were seeking orders compelling the Maughans to vacate a greenfield site at Monasterevin Road, Portarlington, Co Laois. The lands were intended for a new primary school.

The receivers claimed the Maughans were residing on the property without entitlement. The court was told the proceedings had been brought because the receivers were in the process of selling the lands.

The Maughans attended court without a solicitor or barrister. They told the court they had only recently been served with documents and had not had time to get a lawyer.

They denied their mobile homes were on the greenfield site, saying they were on the nearby road. They also said they had been living on the site since March 2015.

Mr Justice Gilligan said the case was essentially about whether the Maughans owned the property or had entered into a lease or an agreement allowing them to remain on the disputed lands.