Overview
- A three-judge Supreme Court panel refused leave to appeal, saying no issue of general public importance arose and that Conor McGregor had a fair hearing.
- The High Court award of about €248,000 in damages to Nikita Hand stands, along with an estimated €1.3 million costs order against McGregor.
- McGregor’s proposed appeal focused on trial cross-examination about his “no comment” answers in a Garda interview.
- The court also rejected James Lawrence’s bid to appeal the refusal to award him costs, after he was previously found not to have assaulted Hand.
- Hand welcomed the ruling as vindication after seven years seeking justice, while the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre said the decision validated her and brings the legal process to a close.