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High Court Taxing Master determines fees for junior and senior counsel in judicial review of decision to grant permission for road, and allows solicitor's instruction fee of €16,750 where a fee of €120,000 had been claimed, where the solicitor had been ill during much of the proceedings, there was little evidence of the work he had done, and the case was "counsel led".
Taxation of costs - judicial review - application for leave - decision by An Bord Pleanala to grant approval for proposed road development - issues considered by court - brief fees for senior and junior counsel - €30K and €24K claimed - description of case as "landmark" - expertise of senior counsel - description of case as "seminal" - subject of much academic discourse - issue of whether directive had been correctly transposed into Irish law - senior counsel hourly rate of €600 - discussions between counsel while driving from Dublin to Cork - Order 99 Rule 37 (30) RSC - whether such discussions should be taken into account - argument on costs - different junior counsel - solicitor's instruction fee - ill health of solicitor during proceedings - lack of evidence in relation to work carried out by solicitor - fee of €120K claimed - fee of €16,750 allowed.
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