McGinn v Beagan
| Jurisdiction | Ireland |
| Court | High Court |
| Judgment Date | 04 May 1962 |
| Date | 04 May 1962 |
Improper motive - Collateral object - Abuse of process of Court -Bankruptcy (Ireland) Amendment Act, 1872, s. 21 (6).
The Court has an inherent jurisdiction to stay oppressive proceedings which are an abuse of the process of the Court. The Court will stay all proceedings under a debtor's summons where it has been issued, not to get payment or to make assets available for creditors, but for some collateral purpose. B.'s business failed in 1958 and judgments to the extent of nearly £2,000 were obtained against him. The judgments remained largely unexecuted as B. had no assets. In 1961 McG. procured the assignment to himself of the balance due on foot of one such judgment—£165 17s. 10d.—for £100. On the 27th March, 1962 McG. issued a debtor's summons against B., founded on the judgment debt. There was a long history of personal ill-will on the part of McG. towards B. On B.'s motion to dismiss the summons as vexatious and an abuse of the process of the Court or alternatively to stay all proceedings thereunder on the grounds that it had...
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