McHugh v Phoenix Laundry Ltd
| Jurisdiction | Ireland |
| Judgment Date | 18 December 1966 |
| Date | 18 December 1966 |
| Court | Supreme Court |
Lodgment in Court - Amount of damages less than amount of lodgment - Failure of appeal - Whether the costs incurred by defendant on hearing of appeal to be awarded against infant or next friend - Rules of the Superior Courts, 1962, O. 22, r. 6.
The plaintiff, an infant suing by his father and next friend, was awarded the sum of £480 damages for personal injuries. A sum of £526 had been lodged in Court and the trial Judge made an order in conformity with O. 22, r. 6, of the Rules of the Superior Courts. This order takes no notice of the plaintiff's infancy until the point where the balance (if any) is to be retained in Court during his minority nor does it take any notice of the next friend. An appeal by the plaintiff having been dismissed, the Court reserved for consideration the question of the costs of the appeal. Held by the Supreme Court (Lavery, Kingsmill Moore and Walsh JJ.) that the order of the High Court must be affirmed without variation and that the defendants should be given the costs of the appeal to be paid by the infant plaintiff's next...
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