Professional negligence claim dismissed on grounds of
delay
Noel Mulligan v Wilkie & Flanagan Solicitors [2019]IEHC
289 (3 May 2019)
The High Court (Barrett J.) dismissed the plaintiff's claim
for professional negligence against the defendant solicitors in the
interests of justice and on the grounds of inordinate and
inexcusable delay and also for want of prosecution of the part of
the plaintiff since the commencement of the proceedings.
Background
The claim concerned advice provided by the defendants to the
plaintiff over a period of time between 2005 and 2006, following
which the plaintiff alleged he was contractually obliged to
purchase property without planning permission leaving him exposed
to significant financial loss. A plenary summons was issued in
early 2011.
