Mr Justice Barrett found Magnier failed on all grounds in his claim that a handshake deal on a €15m price with the estate heirs at his home in Coolmore on the evening of August 22, 2023 was legally binding.
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John Paul Magnier was quizzed in the High Court this afternoon about €50,000 passed to the Barne Estate owners which their counsel claims was to “keep them sweet” on his father's €15m bid for the property.
Joe Fitzpatrick, a solicitor handling the Barne Estate deal for Coolmore, told the High Court he understood a contract to sell to John Magnier was nearly “ready to go” in late August 2023 before the vendors went cold.
The court heard that the difficult phone call spurred John Magnier to drive immediately to the Barne Estate to push for an exclusivity agreement to block out other bids.
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