Court to give decision on whether John Delaney should pay costs of failed claim over documents seized from FAI

Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement said full costs should be awarded against Mr Delaney over what the court had found was his failure to demonstrate that even one of the documents seized as far of criminal investigation into FAI attached privilege

Former FAI chief executive John Delaney had claimed egal professional privilege over documents seized from the FAI by corporate watchdog ODCE. Picture: Inpho/Morgan Treacy

The High Court will give its decision next week on whether former Football Association of Ireland chief executive John Delaney should pay the costs of his failed effort to claim legal professional privilege over documents seized from the FAI by the corporate watchdog.

The Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE) seized some 280,000 documents in February 2020 as part of a criminal investigation into the FAI.