Judge queries examinership costs

A High Court judge has said the number of experts being called to give evidence in examinership cases is increasing costs and his own blood pressure.

Mr Justice Peter Charleton said that, while not having the powers now, he hoped in the future to be able to limit expert evidence as he was entitled to take costs into account and was not going to “sit in court listening to multiple experts ... I’ve had too much of that in the past”.

He made the remarks yesterday when dealing with matters relating to the examinership of a chicken processing company in Co Waterford employing more than 130 people.