The High Court has dismissed an appeal against the inclusion of 77,000 legal fees awarded against a couple whose Rottweiler dogs attacked and severely injured a woman, as part of a proposed Personal Insolvency Arrangement (PIA).
The appeal on the issue of the inclusion of costs in a PIA came before Mr Justice Alexander Owens on Monday.
It relates to a debt that arises out of a 2018 High Court action when Mary and Michael Daly were ordered to pay 179,000 damages plus 77,000 legal costs to Mae Rae, after the Dalys two Rottweiler dogs attacked and bit her.
The incident occurred when Ms Rae was near the Daly property in Co Cork, after their two dogs escaped from their pen, on July 15th 2012.
Ms Rae of Gurrane South, Donoughmore Co Cork suff…
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