Dillon v Dunne's Stores Ltd and Others

JurisdictionIreland
Judgment Date08 July 1966
Date08 July 1966
CourtSupreme Court
(S.C.)
Dillon
and
Dunne's Stores Limited and Others

Plaintiff subsequently suing owner of goods for false imprisonment - Whether civil action should be stayed pending termination of criminal proceedings -Supreme Court of Judicature Act (Ireland), 1877, s. 27, (5).

The plaintiff had been employed by the defendant company as an assistant in a shop owned by that company. The second and third defendants were directors of the company and the fourth and fifth defendants were members of the Garda SÃochána. The plaintiff was charged in...

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