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The Supreme Court has refused an application by a shareholder in the plaintiff company for electronic recordings and transcripts of court proceedings at public expense, related to a dispute over the School Transport Scheme operated by Bus Éireann. The original case, which challenged the Scheme's compliance with EU public procurement law, was unsuccessful at the High Court and subsequently at the Court of Appeal. The Supreme Court upheld the refusal of leave to appeal, and the latest application, based on suspicions of fraud without evidence, was deemed an abuse of process and not in the interests of justice.
Supreme Court, School Transport Scheme, Bus Éireann, Public Contracts Directive, European Communities (Award of Public Authorities’ Contracts) Regulations 2006, Greendale jurisprudence, Practice Direction SC 17, Digital Audio Recording system, Rules of the Superior Courts (RSC), Order 123, transcript, public expense, abuse of process, interests of justice, EU public procurement law, Teckal exemption, Azienda Sanitaria Locale di Lecce case, finality in litigation, Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Act 2018, Criminal Justice Act 2011.
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