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Lorrys at the Cassidys site in Buncrana
A Commercial High Court case involving the Donegal company at the centre of the defective concrete blocks crisis has been adjourned until February.
The case came before Mr Justice Mark Sanfey on Monday.
The legal team representing Cassidys have been ordered to confirm that the full discovery process will be completed and shared with Coleman Legal by February 10, when the matter is due before the court again.
It follows repeated failures by Cassidys to comply with a High Court discovery order, which requires the company to turn over thousands of documents.
The company has repeatedly missed deadlines in the case and last month Mr Justice Sanfey said that it was time the matter was “brought to a head”.
The case on behalf of Defective Blocks Ireland CLG is being taken by Coleman Legal while Donegal County Council and the National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI) are also named defendants in the matter.
The case is being taken on behalf of around 2,000 homeowners affected by defective concrete. Defective Blocks Ireland CLG is a not-for-profit organisation, founded by Buncrana businessman Adrian Sheridan.
The company is required to hand over thousands of documents related to the case. At a previous sitting of the court, Mr Eamonn Dillon, the firm’s solicitor, told how Cassidys had encountered difficulty given the voluminous documentation required and how the cost would be around €100,000.
Last month Ms Cáitín Ní Ghormáin BL, for Cassidys, said: “The discovery is being processed by the third party at the moment but as there is such large documents in the discovery it is taking quite a while with scanning. I understand there has been an inordinate delay before the Court but that is the explanation I have been given.”
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The Cassidys defendants in the case relate to Cassidy Brothers Concrete Products Limited, Cassidy Brothers Topmix Limited, Moyle Plant Limited and Cranford Concrete Plant Products Limited.
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