Mahon v Celbridge Spinning Company Ltd
| Jurisdiction | Ireland |
| Judgment Date | 24 January 1967 |
| Date | 24 January 1967 |
| Court | Supreme Court |
(S.C.)
Mahon
and
Celbridge Spinning Co. Ltd
Contributory negligence - Whether plaintiff entitled to particulars - Rules of the Superior Courts, 1962, O. 19, rr. 3, 6 -Civil Liability Act, 1961, s. 34.
The tests applicable to the determination of a plaintiff's motion for further and better particulars of a defendant's plea of contributory negligence are the same as those applicable to the determination of motions for particulars of any other pleading. So held by the Supreme Court (Haugh, Walsh and FitzGerald JJ.). Martin v. FordIR [1965] I.R. 42 overruled.
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