Leen v President of the Executive Council and Others
| Jurisdiction | Ireland |
| Judgment Date | 31 July 1926 |
| Date | 31 July 1926 |
| Court | High Court (Irish Free State) |
Interrogatories - Ministers of Free State Government sued as corporation sole - Claim to privilege on grounds of public policy apart from Royal prerogative - Conclusiveness of such a claim by Minister of State - liability of Executive Ministers to orders for discovery - Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924 (No. 16 of 1924), s. 2 -Rules of the Supreme Court, 1905, Or. XXXI. r. 1.
While members of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State, sued as corporation sole under s. 2 of the Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924 (No. 16 of 1924), are liable to the ordinary orders for discovery by way of interrogatories and discovery of documents, and to orders for better discovery on filing inadequate answers to interrogatories, a claim to privilege made by them on...
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