Doyle v Houston (Approved) [2025] IEHC 391 (09 July 2025)

Doyle v Houston (Approved) [2025] IEHC 391 (09 July 2025)

The plaintiff is entitled to her costs of the interlocutory injunction application, to be assessed on a legal practitioner and client basis, due to the defendant's persistent abuse of process, obstructive conduct, and repeated, unjustified personal attacks, which significantly increased the plaintiff's costs and...

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Citation
[2025] IEHC 391
Parties
Plaintiff: Wendy Doyle; Defendant: Eugenie Houston
Jurisdiction
Ireland
Judgment Date
09 July 2025
Procedural Posture
Civil Interlocutory Injunction (trespass) / Costs Ruling Following Successful Interlocutory Injunction Application
Outcome
Plaintiff awarded costs of interlocutory injunction application on a legal practitioner and client basis; quantum to be adjudicated in default of agreement.
Legal Topics
Costs, Interlocutory Injunctions, Trespass, Abuse of Process
Civil Procedure Property Law Costs Interlocutory Injunctions Trespass Abuse of Process

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Parties

Wendy Doyle

Plaintiff

Eugenie Houston

Defendant

Procedural Posture

Civil Interlocutory Injunction (trespass) / Costs Ruling Following Successful Interlocutory Injunction Application

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether the plaintiff is entitled to costs of the interlocutory injunction application and on what basis those costs should be assessed

Ratio Decidendi

The plaintiff is entitled to her costs of the interlocutory injunction application, to be assessed on a legal practitioner and client basis, due to the defendant's persistent abuse of process, obstructive conduct, and repeated, unjustified personal attacks, which significantly increased the plaintiff's costs and warranted the court's disapproval.

Court Disposition

Plaintiff awarded costs of interlocutory injunction application on a legal practitioner and client basis; quantum to be adjudicated in default of agreement.

Orders

  • Plaintiff to be awarded costs of the interlocutory injunction application to be adjudicated in default of agreement and to be assessed on a legal practitioner and client basis.