A date for the hearing of the judgment on Mayo cattle dealer Finbar Tolan’s appeal of a ruling made against him in May 2015 has been set.

A ruling on Tolan’s appeal will be made on Thursday 5 May in the Court of Appeal, after two previous postponements on the judgment. Tolan wants the High Court ruling made against him in May 2015 overturned.

Tolan’s legal action against Aurivo co-op was dismissed in its entirety by the High Court in May last year. Tolan claimed he had a formal contract with the co-op and that their actions in ending their dealings with him three years ago amounted to a breach of contract.

However, in his ruling on the fourth day of the case in the High Court, the president of the High Court, Justice Nicholas Kearns, found that the business relationship between Tolan and the co-op was not governed by any binding legal requirement. The judge dismissed the case and awarded legal costs in favour of Aurivo.

After the ruling was made, Tolan announced he would be appealing the decision.