Last September, the chain of sports fashion stores Foot Locker, like many other retailers in Ireland, became embroiled in a High Court dispute with a commercial landlord. Yet its case against Percy Nominees Ltd, a vehicle set up by Davy to hold legal titles on behalf of unnamed property investors, is unusual in several ways.  Foot Locker Retail Ireland Ltd was, at the time, the only retailer to open fire first. Its solicitors, Flynn O’Driscoll, took the initiative of legal proceedings against Percy, the landlord of its Grafton Street store in Dublin, represented by AMOSS Solicitors. The action was also…

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