Olga Bennett and Mairead Marron lose injunction bid

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Olga Bennett and Mairead Marron lost their injunction applications in the High Court on 5 May 2017, in proceedings over their positions as Assistant Classifiers. The applications sought to restrain the Minister for Justice and Equality from terminating their offices while their judicial review proceedings continued.

Mr Justice Max Barrett refused the applications. The source states that the applicants had not established the strong case required for the injunctions. It also says that, for the substantive judicial review proceedings, they needed to show that their case was arguable.

The judgment records that, in a letter dated 17 August 2016, the Minister informed the applicants that the contracts of all Assistant Classifiers would cease on 31 March 2017. This was part of a plan to establish a panel for the position.