Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs v Scanlon

JurisdictionIreland
CourtSupreme Court
JudgeFENNELLY J.
Judgment Date16 January 2001
Neutral Citation[2001] IESC 1
Docket Number[1997 No. 277S, S.C. No. 136 of 1999]
Date16 January 2001

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  • DPP v Cawley
    • Ireland
    • Central Criminal Court (Ireland)
    • 14 June 2002
    ...39; [1994] 1 All E.R. 20; [1994] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 251; (1994) 138 S.J.L.B. 19. Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs v. Scanlon [2001] I.R. 64. Mullins v. Harnett [1998] 4 I.R. 426; [1998] 2 I.L.R.M. 304. Murphy v. G.M. [2001] 4 I.R. 113. Nestor v. Murphy [1979] I.R. 326. Pepper v......
  • Dermot Hanrahan v Revenue Commissioners
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 14 January 2022
    ...legislation and he relied on Hamilton v. Hamilton [1982] I.R. 466 and Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs v. Scanlon [2001] 1 I.R. 64. 101 In addition, while the appellant accepted in oral submissions that no constitutional challenge could be mounted to either subs. (5A) or s.......
  • Re Lance Homes Ltd & The Companies Act; Lee Towers Management Company Ltd v Lance Investments Ltd ((in Liquidation))
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 19 July 2018
    ...is unjust"', at p. 474. 43 The Supreme Court returned to the question in Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs v. Scanlon [2001] 1 IR 64, and considered that the presumption against retrospective effect is not absolute and may be displaced by clear words of the statute. As stat......
  • Doherty v Government of Ireland
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 3 November 2010
    ...East Donegal Co-operative Ltd v Attorney General [1970] IR 317 applied; Minister for Social Community and Family Affairs v Scanlon [2001] 1 IR 64 and Hanafin v Minister for the Environment [1996] 2 IR 321 followed - Electoral Act 1992 (No 23), s 39(2) - European Convention on Human Right......
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