One More Thing:Dunnes Stores, having lost its battle with Karen Millen over a sweater designed by Karen Millen in 2005 and another design which appeared on the shelves of Dunnes Stores in 2006, is due back in the High Court next Friday.

The court will begin hearing cases being taken by Coast Ltd and Whistles Ltd, brands that are also owned by UK clothing group Mosaic Fashions. The court will also consider how it will account for Dunnes's profits from copying the Karen Millen designs.

The Coast and Whistles actions were parked last year while the Karen Millen case was heard by Ms Justice Mary Finlay Geoghegan. On December 21st, the judge ruled that Dunnes Stores had breached European regulations by copying a woman's shirt and top launched by Karen Millen in December 2005.

It remains to be seen if Dunnes fights the Coast and Whistles cases with the same vigour, or if it will seek to appeal the Karen Millen decision.

On Tuesday, fashion designer Paul Costelloe weighed into the debate by having a cut at Karen Millen for going legal with Dunnes. He said the move "annoyed" him and is reported to have described it as "disgraceful".

Costelloe has designed a range of home items for Dunnes and was in town for the Persil Irish Fashion Awards, for which he is a judge. Dunnes head of fashion Dermot Colgan is also a judge for the awards, which aims to showcase the best in Irish student fashion design and comes with a €10,000 winner's cheque.

Dunnes Stores has long been a supporter of the awards scheme, which is ironic given that, if it had won the legal action with Karen Millen, it would have been free to continue copying the designs of others.