Michael Flatley to mount Supreme Court case after failed appeal over Cork mansion
Riverdance star Michael Flatley is set to mount a constitutional challenge before the Supreme Court in the ongoing saga about his Cork mansion, Castlehyde.
The move comes after the dancer on Thursday lost a bid to appeal part of a High Court decision referring to arbitration a dispute between him and his former insurance company over a €30 million claim on the policy for his Fermoy mansion.
A three-judge Court of Appeal dismissed the former Riverdance star’s appeal application and said he cannot bring an appeal over a part of the decision by the High Court to send his case for arbitration.
Giving the judgement of the court Mr Justice Donald Binchy said he was satisfied that Section 11 of the Arbitration Act which stipulates that the High Court decision is final and there is no right of appeal “operates as a complete bar to an appeal from the High Court.”
Ms Justice Nuala Butler and Ms Justice Niamh Hyland agreed.
The counsel for Mr Flatley, Ronnie Hudson BL instructed by…
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