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Tue 02 Feb 2010Construction said to be worth €48m done without contract
A HIGH COURT judge has described as “rather astonishing” the carrying out of construction and other works with an alleged value of €48 million at a major development at Baldoyle in Dublin without any formal contract having been signed.
It seemed there was no formal contract agreed between Pierse Contracting and Gannon Homes in relation to the work. The basis for works of such value arose from a one-page letter from Gannon’s quantity surveyor, Mr Justice Peter Kelly said yesterday when admitting the dispute to the Commercial Court.
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