The High Court has made a pre-trial discovery order in civil proceedings being taken against Mixed Martial Arts fighter Conor McGregor.
Mr McGregor and one of his associates are being sued for personal injuries by a Dublin woman arising out of an alleged incident that occurred in December 2018.
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The order was made by Ms Justice Emily Egan on Monday which requires An Garda Siochana, which is a non-party in the proceedings, to disclose certain material and documents to the woman and her lawyers.
Mr McGregor, originally from Crumlin and who strongly denies all claims of wrongdoing against him, will also be furnished with copies of the material disclosed by the gardai.
The plaintiff is represented by Coleman Legal Partners in the proceedings, while Mr McGregor is represented by Michael J Staines & Company.
The alleged incident at the centre of the woman’s claims had previously been the subject of an investigation by An Garda Siochana.
However, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecution decided no criminal charges should be brought.
In a pretrial motion, known as a common law motion, the woman’s discovery of documents and materials from the gardai which her lawyers argue will help her prove her claim.
The motion first came before the court late last year but was adjourned to allow discussions between the parties to take place.
At the High Court on Monday, Ms Justice Egan was informed that orders could be made directing the gardai to provide the plaintiff with the discovery of certain materials.
Under the terms of the order the gardai are to disclose any statements given to them by the defendants and any witnesses or persons while they investigated the 2018 alleged incident.
The gardai must also disclose any CCTV stills or photographs taken from various locations in Dublin including the exterior of the Goat Bar and Grill, Gerard Paul Salon in Goatstown, from an in-taxi camera, and from the Beacon Hotel and its surrounding taken between the evening of December 8 and 8am on 10 December 2018.
Garda must further discover all data, downloads, reports, or information from any mobile phones obtained or interrogated in the course of the investigation.
Any data recovered from the defendants’ phones is to be limited to any generated between October 31 2018 and December 10 2018, and further limited to material from October 31st and December 7th 2018 in relation to any material generated between the plaintiff and the defendants.
Data obtained from the phones of other persons during the investigation that was generated between December 8th and 10th 2018, is also to be discovered by the Gardai.
The court also ordered the Garda to discover any results of medical toxicology, technical, or forensic analysis generated during the investigations.
The Gardai neither objected to nor formally consented to the orders being made, the court heard.
In addition, lawyers for the defendants would also be furnished with copies of whatever material is discovered to the plaintiff the judge heard.
Discovery is to be completed within the next 10 weeks.
The plaintiff’s actions were filed in the High Court last year, however no details of her claims have been aired in open court.
A second personal injuries action against Mr McGregor has been taken by the woman’s mother, who is also being represented by Coleman Legal Partners.
The allegations in that action are also fully denied.
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