Mr Justice Michael Twomey agreed to admit the proceedings to the fast-track commercial list
Gerard Lane seeks a number of orders and declarations from the court including the dissolution of the partnership. Photograph: Matt KavanaghA Philippines-based Irish businessman arrived with his wife to stay at his “owner’s suite” in the four-star Tinakilly House Hotel in Wicklow only to find that a wedding event had been offered exclusivity of the entire venue, it has been claimed in Commercial Court proceedings.
This was, he said, the start of the breakdown of a partnership they had formed after they met through a friend in 2013.‘I have a great friend here and his name is Santiago O’Reilly, which always makes me smile’The partnership bought Tinakilly and a hotel in Cadiz, Spain, where Mr Connolly said he also had an owner’s suite for his sole use whenever he chose to stay.
In an affidavit, Mr Lane said the Tinakilly hotel was bought for €1.05 million in 2013 from a receiver by the partnership and the agreement was that he owned 49 per cent and Mr Connolly 51 per cent. After the disagreement upon his arrival in Tinakilly in July 2022, he said, he decided to “let the tension between us cool down” with the passage of time. But in May 2023, he learned the defendant had lodged a planning permission for Tinakilly from a company called Greenhill Development Ltd as the legal owner of the hotel.
Mr Lane said he travelled to Ireland in November last when he met the auditor for Tinakilly, who agreed to act as an intermediary.
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