Judge finds Rita Considine took ‘litigious approach’ to dispute with retired neighbours that led to nine-day court hearing
The judge dismissed claims brought by the Courts Service official in a case that involved nine days of hearings. Photograph: Chris Maddaloni/Collins
Ms Considine took the case in November 2021 against retired couple, Michael and Anne Flanagan, and their daughter, Sinead, the legal owner of her parents’ home at “an address in Dublin”. The court heard Ms Considine and her husband, solicitor David Christie, moved into their home in 2003.I cringed at Paul Mescal’s Brit-bashing
Judge O’Brien ruled that there had been, at best, an “understanding between neighbours” about how to proceed. She quoted the late Paul Anthony McDermott SC’s book, Contract Law, which stated that “generally good neighbours will assist each other without ever imagining that they are creating legally binding relations”.
He said he and his wife did everything they could to try to resolve the matter and were left with no choice but to bring the proceedings.
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