Mr Justice Liam McKechnie has said that Panda Recycling, which brought the case, is entitled to relief.

He also said that another private waste company, GreenStar, which has brought a linked case, will succeed against the council.

The two companies had challenged a decision by the city council to change the collection permit system, so as to allow only itself

or a contractor appointed by it to collect household waste. The two waste companies argued that this was an abuse of dominant position

and against competition law. The decision raises new doubts about the council's ability to ensure a viable level of waste to the planned

Poolbeg incinerator. The private companies have said they are unlikely to use it. Mr Justice McKechnie said that if a private company

collected waste, then they owned it and could decide where the waste goes.