O’Brien to access Dropbox material

An application by businessman Denis O’Brien’s aimed at accessing documents held in the Dropbox account of an employee of Red Flag Consulting has been struck out after the parties came to an agreement, the High Court has heard.

Mr Justice Colm MacEochaidh was told yesterday discussions concerning access to the documents had resulted in an agreement on discovery. California-based Dropbox Inc is an internet file hosting service. Counsel for Mr O’Brien said the material it sought to discover, described in court as being related to the distribution of a dossier, would be provided by Dropbox to the defendant. The material would then be subject to any discovery order made by the court. The discovery motions against Dropbox Inc and Dropbox Ireland, could be struck out. It was agreed Mr O’Brien would provide an indemnity towards Dropbox’s costs.

Lawyers for Red Flag, which had opposed the motion, said it did not accept the description of the material by Mr O’Brien’s side .