Liability issues over Cork shopping centre fire 'should be decided in a cost-efficient way'

The shopping centre owners are seeking more than €30m damages after an allegedly defective Opel Zafira B car went on fire in the centre's car park.

Firefighters inspecting the scene of the fire in Douglas Village Shopping Centre car park, Cork, on August 31, 2019. Picture: Denis Minihane.

A High Court judge has made directions aimed at ensuring liability issues in two separate cases arising from a major fire at Douglas Village Shopping Centre in Cork should be decided in a “structured and cost-efficient way”.

Mr Justice Denis McDonald made the directions when ruling on a pre-trial application by various entities being sued by the owners of the centre.