Finlay v Murtagh
| Jurisdiction | Ireland |
| Judgment Date | 01 January 1979 |
| Date | 01 January 1979 |
| Docket Number | [1976 No. 1206 P.] |
| Court | Supreme Court |
(S.C.)
Finlay
and
Murtagh
Client claiming damages for negligence of his solicitor - Whether plaintiff entitled to trial by judge and jury -Whether claim founded on contract or tort -Courts of Justice Act, 1924 (No. 10), s. 94.
Section 94 of the Act of 1924 states that nothing in the Act shall prejudice the right of any party to an action in the High Court (not being an action for a liquidated sum, or an action for the enforcement or for damages for the breach of a contract) to have questions of fact tried by a jury in such cases as he might...
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O'Donnell v Kilsaran Concrete Ltd
...so having regard to the Statement of the Law in this Jurisdiction expounded by the Supreme Court in the case of Finlay v. Murtagh [1979] I.R.249, that the existence of a contractual relationship between parties precludes the injured party from seeking a remedy in tort on the same 13 In the......
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Wall v Hegarty
...care and skill on his part: Donoghue v. StevensonELR[1932] A. C. 562, Ross v. CauntersELR [1980] Ch. 297, and Finlay v. MurtaghIR [1979] I.R. 249 applied; Robertson v. FlemingUNK (1861) 4 Macq 167 not followed; (2) that the plaintiff's legal expenses in attempting to prove the invalid will ......
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Mahon v Dawson & O'Connor
...AND PATRICK DAWSON AND DEIRDRE O'CONNOR PRACTISING UNDER THE NAME AND STYLE OF H.G. DONNELLY AND SONS DEFENDANTS FINLAY v MURTAGH 1979 IR 249 ROBINSON v HARMAN 1884 1 EX 850 DORAN v DELANEY (NO2) 1999 1 IR 303 DUFFY v RIDLEY PROPERTIES LTD UNREP FINLAY-GEOGHEGAN 7.10.2005 2005/18/3596 MALHO......
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Arbuthnott et al. v. Fagan and Feltrim Underwriting Agencies Ltd. et al., (1994) 173 N.R. 173 (HL)
...- see Donoghue v. Stevenson. Grant v. Australian Knitting Mills Ltd., [1936] A.C. 85 (P.C.), refd to. [para. 56]. Finlay v. Murtagh, [1979] I.R. 249 (Eire Sup. Ct.), refd to. [para. Central Trust Co. v. Rafuse and Cordon, [1986] 2 S.C.R. 147; 69 N.R. 321; 75 N.S.R.(2d) 109; 186 A.P.R. 109; ......
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The Professional Negligence Law Review First Edition
...ILRM 400. 4 [1985] IR 232. 5 [2010] 4 IR 605. 6 [2010] IEHC 313. 7 Carroll v. Clare County Council [1975] IR 221. 8 Finlay v. Murtagh [1979] IR 249. 9 Gallagher v. ACC Bank [2012] IESC 10 [1997] AC 191. 11 For example Kelleher v. O'Connor [2010] 4 IR 380, ACC v. Johnston [2011] IEHC 376. Th......