O'Brien v Keogh

JurisdictionIreland
Judgment Date28 July 1972
Date28 July 1972
Docket Number[1968. No. 215 P.]
CourtSupreme Court
O'Brien
and
Keogh
(S.C.)

Disability -Infant - Infant in custody of parent having lesser period in which to sue than infant not in such custody - Equality before the law - Personal rights - Right of action - Property rights -Statute of Limitations, 1957 (No. 6), s. 49, sub-s.2(a)(ii) - Constitution of Ireland, 1937, Article40, ss. 1 and 3.

In regard to actions for damages for negligence where the damages claimed include damages for personal injuries, it is enacted by s. 11, sub-s. 2(b), of the Statute of Limitations, 1957, that (subject to s. 49) an action shall not be brought after three years from the date on which the right of action accrued. Sub-paragraph (i) of sub-s. 2(a) of s. 49 enacts that where a person is under a disability (including infancy) on the date when such right of action accrued to him then, subject to sub-paragraph (ii), the...

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    • 1 October 2014
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