Estate agent claims €1.5m in unpaid fees from developer

A FIRM of estate agents has brought a legal action against one of the country’s largest property developers claiming €1.5 million in unpaid fees.

The action taken by CB Richard Ellis against Sean Dunne was transferred to the Commercial Court yesterday by Mr Justice Peter Kelly who listed it for hearing on February 18.

The judge was told by Brian Murray SC, for Mr Dunne, the alleged liability was not of Mr Dunne, but of one of his companies, Mountbrook Homes Ltd.