Seaconview DAC v Fahey (Approved) [2023] IEHC 191 (24 April 2023)

Seaconview DAC v Fahey (Approved) [2023] IEHC 191 (24 April 2023)

Court refused retrospective approval for sale because (1) insufficient evidence that best price was achieved without independent valuation, (2) conditions of sale were not settled by conveyancing counsel, and (3) unresolved issues regarding encumbrancers and marketable title.

Citation
[2023] IEHC 191
Parties
Plaintiff: Seaconview DAC; Defendant: Liam Fahey
Jurisdiction
Ireland
Judgment Date
24 April 2023
Procedural Posture
Special Summons / Motion for Approval of Sale Pursuant to Well Charging Order
Outcome
motion refused
Legal Topics
Well Charging Order, Court Supervised Sale, Mortgage Misdescription, Equitable Interest, Sale of Unregistered Land

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Parties

Seaconview DAC

Plaintiff

Liam Fahey

Defendant

Procedural Posture

Special Summons / Motion for Approval of Sale Pursuant to Well Charging Order

  1. 1 Whether the court should retrospectively approve a hybrid sale of property subject to a well charging order without Examiner's supervision
  2. 2 Whether the sale process achieved the best price for the property
  3. 3 Whether the plaintiff is entitled to retain sale proceeds absent court-sanctioned sale

Ratio Decidendi

Court refused retrospective approval for sale because (1) insufficient evidence that best price was achieved without independent valuation, (2) conditions of sale were not settled by conveyancing counsel, and (3) unresolved issues regarding encumbrancers and marketable title.

Court Disposition

motion refused

Orders

  • reliefs sought in the motion refused
  • no order for costs