The High Court is set to assess damages owed to Nikita Hand by her former neighbours after they failed to respond to Hand’s claim for damages accusing them of abusing court processes. At the hearing of the MMA fighter’s Court of Appeal (CoA) challenge last July, an application to admit O’Reilly and Cummins’ sworn statements was dramatically withdrawn. Shortly after the three-judge CoA unanimously dismissed the appeal, Hand filed a lawsuit seeking damages against McGregor, Cummins and O’Reilly for “malicious abuse” of court processes. Siún Leonowicz, barrister for Hand instructed by Coleman Legal LLP, told the judge Hand’s case arose from the “conduct” of McGregor’s CoA appeal. That court refused to hear McGregor’s appeal.

Source: Irish Examiner February 23, 2026 20:05 UTC