Alan Shatter Image: Sam Boal via RollingNews.ie Alan Shatter Image: Sam Boal via RollingNews.ie FORMER PROFESSIONAL BOXER Jim Rock has lost his claim for damages against ex-justice minister Alan Shatter following a collision between their cars on a road in south Dublin.
Dublin District Court heard the two cars suffered minor scrapes and damages to paint work in the crash as they were both going slowly around a bend on Sussex Road. Judge Halpin said the accident was a result of momentary inattentiveness but the evidence was not clear that Shatter was responsible.Rock testified Shatter crossed into his lane causing scuffing and scrapes to the Mercedes while Shatter stated he had taken regularly used this route and was taking a corner slowly.
He agreed in cross-examination with defence solicitor Jerry O’Reilly he had an invoice for work from a Dublin auto-repair firm but the car was fixed in February 2016 when his wife went on a trip to Belfast.Rock had sent numerous emails to Shatter’s insurance firm. In one email, Rock wrote that Shatter was a former minister for justice and “probably knows every trick in the book to get away with this but I think his luck has run out, like when he had to resign”.
Rock hits Shatter.
Jaypers! If there was a case Shatter v O’Brien - would the entire legal system implode? Asking for a friend!