Central Dublin Development Association v Attorney General

JurisdictionIreland
Judgment Date01 January 1975
Date01 January 1975
CourtHigh Court
(H.C.)
Central Dublin Development Association
and
The Attorney General

Property rights -Compulsory acquisition - Pawers of planning authority - Limited judicial power - Development plan - Obsolete area - Local Government (Planning and Development) Act, 1963 (No. 28), ss. 2, 5, 19-22, 26, 28-30, 33, 35-37, 56-58, 69, 75, 77-79, 82 - Constitution of Ireland, 1937, Articles 34, 40, 43.

The plaintiffs were owners of property in the city of Dublin. They claimed that their property rights would be affected...

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  • Killegland Estates Ltd v Meath County Council
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 1 July 2022
    ...relying on Finn v. Bray Urban District Council [1969] I.R. 169, Central Dublin Development Association v. The Attorney General [1975] 109 I.L.T.R. 69 at p. 90, and Glencar Explorations Plc. v. Mayo County Council [1993] 2 I.R. 237. I would broadly accept the principle that a decision-maker ......
  • Hanrahan Farms Ltd v Environmental Protection Agency and Others
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 29 July 2005
    ...application. A factor clearly considered of importance by Kenny J. in Central Dublin Development Association -v- Attorney General (1975) 109 ILTR 69. Mr. Gleeson for the Respondents referencing that case referred to that part of the report of the judgment of Kenny J. at page 86 where he st......
  • Sister Mary Christian and Others v Dublin City Council (No 1)
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 27 April 2012
    ...CO-OPERATIVE v AG 1970 IR 317 CONSTITUTION ART 40 CONSTITUTION ART 43 CONSTITUTION ART 44 CENTRAL DUBLIN DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION v AG 1975 109 ILTR 69 HUTTEN-CZAPSKA v POLAND 2006 45 EHRR 301 EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS ART 1 SPORRONG & LONNROTH v SWEDEN 1982 5 EHRR 35 BUCKLEY v U......
  • Howard v Commissioners of Public Works
    • Ireland
    • Supreme Court
    • 1 January 1994
    ...2 W.L.R. 610; [1965] 1 All E.R. 787; 129 J.P. 202; 109 Sol. Jo. 192. Central Dublin Development Association v. Attorney General (1969) 109 I.L.T.R. 69. Cork County Council v. Commissioners of Public Works [1945] I.R. 561. Cox v. Hakes (1890) 15 App. Cas. 506; 54 J.P. 820; 6 T.L.R. 465; sub.......
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  • Case Note: Wicklow County Council v Fortune (No 2): Foundations Built on Sand?
    • Ireland
    • Trinity College Law Review No. XVII-2014, January 2014
    • 1 January 2014
    ...to order demolition of unauthorised dwellings. 49 [2013] IEHC 255, at [5]. 50 Central Dublin Development Association v Attorney General (1975) 109 ILTR 69. 51 (1975) ILTR 69, 83-84. 52 Oran Doyle, Constitutional Law: Text, Cases and Materials (1 st ed., Clarus Press, 2008), at...