John and Ann Hickey lose bid to overturn €101,202 award

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John Hickey and Ann Hickey failed to overturn a €101,202.07 arbitration award in the High Court on 24 June 2015. The award concerned Mary Delargy’s claim over alleged construction defects in a crèche property in County Galway.

The arbitrator had struck out the Hickeys’ defence after they failed to comply with a discovery order and stopped actively participating. Mr Justice Paul Gilligan refused to set aside the award, holding that a party could not use its own failure to engage in the arbitration process to escape the liability decided against it.