Mahon v Celbridge Spinning Company Ltd

JurisdictionIreland
Judgment Date24 January 1967
Date24 January 1967
CourtSupreme 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...

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    ...at the trial. This was made clear by Fitzgerald J. (as he then was) in the Supreme Court in Mahon v. Celbridge Spinning Co. Limited [1967] I.R. 1 at page 3. (d) Thus, as Henchy J. noted in the Supreme Court in Cooney v. Browne [1985] I.R. 185 at p. 191, where a pleading is so general or s......
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    ...Whether appropriate to put forward alternative inconsistent pleas - McGee v O'Reilly [1996] 2 IR 229, Mahon v Celbridge Spinning Co. Ltd. [1967] IR 1, Philipps v Philipps (1878) 4 QBD 127, Phonographic Performance (Ireland) Ltd v Cody [1998] 4 IR 504 and Church v Adler (1953) 350 Ill App......
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  • Being Particular About Particulars
    • Ireland
    • Mondaq Ireland
    • 26 July 2013
    ...the courts are more likely to be vigilant to ensure the proper object and purpose of seeking particulars is preserved. Footnotes 1 [1967] IR 1. 2 [2013] IEHC 3 [1984] IR 185, 191. This article was first published by International Law Office on 23 July 2013 The content of this article is int......