Magniers to receive partially redacted land sale contract from Barne Estate

Barne Estate defendants voluntarily agreed to share document, with certain redactions, as part of the exchange of records taking place in the challenge brought against them by the Magniers

The Magniers allege the defendants intend to repudiate an agreement to sell their 751 residential tillage farm in Clonmel to Mr Magnier for €15m. Picture: Healy Racing

The Commercial Court has ruled one paragraph of a contract for the sale of Barne Estate in Co Tipperary can be withheld from billionaire John Magnier and his family, as sharing it would give them a “disproportionate litigation advantage”.

Mr Justice Denis McDonald was asked to decide whether three paragraphs in the contract, relating to the proposed sale of the Clonmel estate to a new buyer, were highly sensitive such to warrant their redaction when shared with the other side.