Dispute between John Magnier and Tipperary estate owners to be heard next March

The case concerns a claim by John Magnier and his children that they had an agreement with the Barne Estate owners to buy the Golden Vale estate for €15m

(Left to right) Ryan Moore, John Magnier and Aidan O'Brien after winning the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby with Los Angeles last month. Magnier and his family say they had an agreement to buy a 751-acre estate. File photo: Damien Eagers/PA

A Commercial Court dispute between billionaire bloodstock owner John Magnier and his family with the owners of a 751-acre estate, which the Magniers say they had an agreement to buy, will be heard next year.

On Monday, Mr Justice Denis McDonald set March 4 next year for the hearing of the case over the Barne Estate, near Clonmel, Co Tipperary. The court heard it would take two weeks to hear.