Judge tells asylum seeker security firms to ‘put heads together’ and resolve their dispute

A High Court judge has urged parties in a dispute relating to an attempt to wind up a company over an alleged disputed debt of €126,000 to “put their heads together” and resolve the matter.

Mr Justice Mark Sanfey made the comment on Thursday in a case in which Allpro Security Services Ireland Ltd was granted a temporary order on Tuesday restraining Top Security Ltd from publishing a petition seeking to wind up Allpro.

Allpro provides security staff for the former Dundrum Mental Hospital in Dublin, which are sourced through Top. The site is being used to provide temporary accommodation for asylum seekers. The court heard on Tuesday Allpro was “in a robust financial position”.

When the case returned on Thursday, the judge was told by Tómas Keys BL, for Allpro, that Top had agreed not to advertise the winding up petition until the next adjourned date but his client did not want the matter to be listed in the High Court “winding up petitions” list on…