McIlroy seeks autumn date for legal challenge

Golfer Rory McIlroy wants an autumn trial date for his legal challenge to the validity and enforceability of representation agreements involving allegedly “unreasonable” fee rates and commissions, the Commercial Court has been told.

Counsel for McIlroy, Rossa Fanning BL, said his side is anxious for a trial date in October because the golfer, due to his commitments, has “limited windows”.

Paul Sreenan SC, for the three defendant companies, said he was not sure if that trial date could be achieved. His clients would do their best to discover all the documents sought for the hearing by June 12 but could not guarantee that deadline would be met.