Dunnes Stores wins injunction over Mr Price food sales

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Dunnes Stores secured a partial High Court injunction against Mr Price on 3 December 2020 over food sales in Carlow.

Mr Justice Senan Allen barred food products, including confectionery and bottled water, pending the full hearing. He declined to prohibit the sale of products defined as groceries.

Rossa Fanning SC said his clients had offered undertakings in similar terms to the orders sought and had stopped selling food products before the hearing, pending the outcome of the action.

The court found a fair issue to be tried, while uncertainty about the meaning of groceries prevented a wider order.

The injunction proceedings’ costs were left in the cause, and the action was due back before the court in January.