Company seeks compensation for Irish Sugar’s trade practices

A SUGAR company is seeking multi-million-euro damages, including punitive and aggravated damages, for losses allegedly sustained as a result of Irish Sugar plc’s abuse of a dominant market position during the 1990s.

Gempack Foods Ltd (GFL), which was established in 1992, sustained the losses over the years 1993 to 1999 as a result of various abuses by Irish Sugar, the High Court was told yesterday.

Once the abuses were halted by the European Commission, Gempack’s business came back on track and it now employs 69 people, turning over €28.7m, Brian Murray SC, for the firm said.