High Court refuses to award costs to ex-prisoner for slopping out

The refusal may have implications for some of an estimated 1,200 other slopping out cases in the pipeline.

High Court refuses to award costs to ex-prisoner for slopping out
Thu, 16 Nov, 2017 - 17:30

By Ann O'Loughlin

A High Court judge has refused to award a former prisoner the substantial legal costs, estimated at more than €1m, of his case over slopping out.

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