Web Summit cases to be heard over nine weeks starting next March

The minority shareholders have also individually sued the company and Paddy Cosgrave claiming a breach of an alleged profit share agreement

The tech events company and its chief executive Paddy Cosgrave (pictured), an 81% shareholder in the firm, issued proceedings in September 2021 against David Kelly, who owns a 12% stake in the company. File photo: Horacio Villalobos/Corbis via Getty Images

The trial of disputes between the Web Summit co-founders is due to be heard over nine weeks beginning next March.

The legal teams involved in the five High Court cases have for more than two years sifting through millions of files as part of the process of sharing relevant documents with each other.