Jack O'Toole Ltd v MacEoin Kelly Associates
Jurisdiction | Ireland |
Judgment Date | 01 January 1987 |
Date | 01 January 1987 |
Docket Number | [1984 No. 6051P] |
Court | Supreme Court |
Limited company - Application by one defendant for security for costs in pending action - Plaintiff company unable to meet any order for costs - Whether plaintiff's impecunious state caused by wrong the subject matter of claim - Onus of proof on plaintiff - Standard of proof - Prima facie case -Discharge of onus - Whether bald statement sufficient - Supreme Court - Jurisdiction -Review of High Court discretion - Whether Supreme Court jurisdiction limited - Companies Act, 1963 (No. 33), s. 390.
The plaintiff, a building company formed for the purpose of contracting with the second defendant to build a large number of houses, commenced proceedings for damages for breach of contract against both the first defendant, the firm of architects appointed by the second defendant under the contract, and the...
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