Man to have case reheard by ombudsman

A FINANCIAL Services Ombudsman (FSO) official should have allowed a man appeal her finding that an insurance company was right to refuse to pay out on his stolen trailer because she was in “obvious error” that his policy did not cover him for the theft, a High Court judge has ruled.

Mr Justice Bryan McMahon said Mark Little, Lynden Court, Ballyfin Road, Portlaoise, Co Laois, should have his case reheard by the FSO and in the event that this does not happen, he was extending the time limit for him to bring an appeal to the High Court.

The case was adjourned to later this month to allow Paul Anthony McDermott BL, for the FSO, to take instructions.