Supreme Court rejects John Delaney's bid to hear appeal over access to documents seized from FAI

Court's ruling brings to an end a long-running action that arose out of the corporate watchdog's​ seizure of 280,000 documents from the FAI's offices covering a 17-year period

John Delaney: The Supreme Court found it was 'not in the interests of justice' to allow a further appeal go before the courts. File picture: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

The Supreme Court has dismissed former FAI chief executive John Delaney's bid to hear his appeal against a lower court's decision to allow the Corporate Enforcement Authority (CEA) access certain documents it seized as part of a criminal investigation into the football association.

Last year, the Court of Appeal rejected Mr Delaney's appeal against an earlier High Court's ruling that the corporate watchdog, formerly known as the ODCE, was entitled to use just over 1,100 documents relating to him that were seized from the FAI in 2020.