The joint provisional liquidators of the Irish arm of fashion retailer Debenhams are seeking High Court injunctions restraining allegedly unlawful actions by former employees and others at any of its 11 stores across the country. Injunctions are also sought to restrain interference with the liquidators' efforts to take possession of the company's stock and other assets and realising the value of those. Mandate, the trade union representing 85pc of the workforce, had said picketing should be done in a peaceful manner and did not support unlawful industrial action, he added. Ms Justice Leonie Reynolds granted an ex-parte (one side only represented) application yesterday for the injunctions application to be served at short notice and returned the matter to next Tuesday. She said the defendants should be provided with 'cease and desist' letters in advance of that hearing and, if there was consent to the orders sought, the court should be informed.

Source: Irish Independent October 08, 2020 01:38 UTC