State’s bid to bar Thomas lawsuit adjourned

The State’s bid to prevent Jules Thomas, partner of Ian Bailey, proceeding with her action for damages over her alleged wrongful arrest by gardai investigating the late 1996 murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier has been adjourned at the High Court.

In April, lawyers for the Garda Commissioner and State indicated they intended to apply to have Ms Thomas’s claim for wrongful arrest on dates in 1997 and 2000 struck out on grounds it was brought outside the six-year legal time limit.

That application was made in late March, towards the end of the hearing of Mr Bailey’s 64-day action for damages, and was granted by Mr Justice John Hedigan.