Midnight Entertainment wins recusal challenge over alcohol sale

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Midnight Entertainment Ltd won a High Court recusal challenge over an alcohol-sale charge on 28 March 2019.

The company, trading as Four Aces Casino in Galway, faced prosecution for selling alcohol without a licence.

The challenge concerned a District Court judge’s refusal to recuse herself after previously hearing a similar prosecution involving a company director.

The High Court held that a reasonable person could view the circumstances as creating objective bias.

It granted the relief sought, including an order quashing the judge’s refusal to recuse herself.

This report covers an earlier stage of the case. Later developments are not reported here.