Grant Thornton Corporate Finance v. Scanlan - 28 September 2020

• Judgment Date: 28 September 2020
• Case Outcome: On 31 October 2019, the Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal by the Defendant, Ms Scanlan, against an earlier order of the High Court refusing Ms Scanlan’s interlocutory application to join the DPC to these proceedings. (The proceedings are concerned with Ms Scanlan’s refusal to take certain steps in respect of information received by her from Grant Thornton relating to identifiable third parties).
• Issuer: Supreme Court
• Judgement Number: 2017/464 CA
• Status: Proceedings complete.

THE SUPREME COURT

DETERMINATION

BETWEEN

GRANT THORNTON (A FIRM) AND BY ORDER GRANT THORNTON

CORPORATE FINANCE LIMITED

PLAINTIFF

AND

GERALDINE SCANLAN

DEFENDANT

Neutral Citation: [2020] IESCDET 109

Supreme Court record no: S:AP:IE:2020:000004 and S:AP:IE:2020:000005

Court of Appeal record no: A:AP:IE:2017:000459 and A:AP:IE:2017:000464

High Court record no: 2015 No. 9954 P

Date of Determination: Monday, 28th September 2020

Composition of Court: O’Donnell J., MacMenamin J., Charleton J.

Status: Approved

APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO APPEAL TO WHICH ARTICLE 34.5.3° OF THE

CONSTITUTION APPLIES

RESULT: The Court does not grant leave to the Defendant to appeal to this Court from the

Court of Appeal

REASONS GIVEN:

ORDER SOUGHT TO BE APPEALED