Michelle Morrison’s Dublin home privacy action settled

A legal action by the wife of singer Van Morrison over alleged interference with privacy at her Dublin home as a result of works at a neighbour’s house has been settled, the High Court heard.

In October 2010, Michelle Morrison got leave from the court to challenge Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Council’s alleged failure to protect her family’s privacy when it granted planning permission for works on a neighbour’s house in Dalkey. A full hearing of the case has been pending since then and the case was before the court on a couple of occasions in relation to disclosure of documents and legal costs.

Yesterday, Eamonn Galligan SC, for Ms Morrison, told High Court president Mr Justice Nicholas Kearns that, following talks, the case could be struck out with no order as to costs which means both sides pay their own legal bills.