Comyn v Attorney General
| Jurisdiction | Ireland |
| Judgment Date | 29 June 1950 |
| Date | 29 June 1950 |
| Docket Number | (1947. No. 124 P.) |
| Court | Supreme Court |
S.C.
Comyn
and
Attorney General
Compulsory acquisition of property - Compensation - Compulsory acquisition by the State by Emergency Powers Order of mining rights formerly demised by Ministers of Government - Whether such acquisition constitutes an acquisition by a "Government Department" under Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act, 1919, s. 1, sub-s. 1 -Assessment of compensation - Procedure -Whether compensation to be assessed by Referee under Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act, 1919, or by a Judge of the High Court - The Constitution, Article 50 -Constitution of the Irish Free State (Saorstat Eireann) Act, 1922 (No. 1 of 1922), Sch. I, Article 73 - Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act, 1919 (9 10 Geo. 5, c. 57), s. 1, sub-s. 1 - Emergency Powers Act, 1939 (No.28 of 1939), s. 2, sub-s. 2 (g) - Emergency Powers (No. 144) Order, 1942 (Stat. R. Or., 1942, No.31.)
In the year 1939, the Minister for Industry and Commerce and the Minister for Finance on behalf of the Government demised...
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19 cases
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Byrne v Ireland
...and determine an action brought by a plaintiff who claims damages from the State in respect of that tort. Comyn v. The Attorney General [1950] I.R. 142 and Macauley v. Minister for Posts & Telegraphs [1966] I.R. 345 approved. 3. That the Attorney General was the proper person to be appointe......
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British Transport Commission v Gourley
...P.A.Y.E. scheme as in M'Daid's case was left open. 32Our attention was also called to the case of ( Comyn v. The Attorney-General 1950 Irish Reports page 142). This was a case in which the question arose as to the compensation for compulsory acquisition of property. It was therefore necess......
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...Shell plc [2021] UKSC 3 deals with the changing landscape of parent company liability and the necessity for such changes in light 5 [1950] 1 IR 142. 6 Hyper Trust Limited t/a he Leopardstown Inn and Ors v FBD Insurance plc [2021] IEHC 78. 7 Re New Look Retailers (Ireland) Ltd [2020] IEHC 51......
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Reappraising Byrne v Ireland: on why Ireland is a Sovereign State
...he propositions are heavily informed by the work of Martin Loughlin, Professor of Public Law at the London School of Economics. 4 [1950] 1 IR 142. 118 darragh caldwell he Seven Propositions 1. he concepts of the state and sovereignty are inextricably linked and the idea of the ‘sovereign st......
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Reappraising Byrne v Ireland: on why Ireland is a Sovereign State
...The propositions are heavily informed by the work of Martin Loughlin, Professor of Public Law at the London School of Economics. 4 [1950] 1 IR 142. 118 darragh The Seven Propositions 1. The concepts of the state and sovereignty are inextricably linked and the idea of the ‘sovereign state’ i......
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Foreword
...plc [2021] UKSC 3 deals with the changing landscape of parent company liability and the necessity for such changes in light 5 6 7 8 [1950] 1 IR 142. Hyper Trust Limited t/a The Leopardstown Inn and Ors v FBD Insurance plc [2021] IEHC Re New Look Retailers (Ireland) Ltd [2020] IEHC 514. [202......