The Court of Appeal has ruled that John Waters and Gemma O'Doherty must pay the legal costs of their failed appeal against a refusal to permit them to challenge the constitutionality of laws introduced in response to Covid-19.
In March the court ruled that their appeal against the High Court's decision not to grant them leave to bring their action should be dismissed on the basis it was "misconceived and entirely without merit." In a ruling the three-judge court, comprised of the Court of Appeal's President Mr Justice George Brimingham, Mr Justice John Edwards and Ms Justice Caroline Costello, found that normal rule whereby the losing side should pay the legal costs should be applied.