Commercial Court faces litany of contract disputes

THE Commercial Court is being “littered” with claims for specific performance of contracts, including many contracts for the sale of lands for development, a judge said yesterday.

Among such cases which came before Mr Justice Peter Kelly was a claim by two businessmen for an order requiring a construction company to honour an alleged agreement reached two years ago for the €39.5 million sale of development lands at Youghal, Co Cork.

Another company, Dasnoc Ltd, is facing claims totalling €17m over two separate contracts.