Murphy v Corporation of Dublin
| Jurisdiction | Ireland |
| Judgment Date | 01 January 1973 |
| Date | 01 January 1973 |
| Docket Number | [1969. No. 538 P.] |
| Court | Supreme Court |
Public interest - Minister of State certifying that production of particular document would be contrary to public policy and detrimental to public interest - Rules of Superior Courts, 1962 (S.I. No. 72 of 1962), Or. 31, rr.14, 15 - Housing Act, 1966 (No. 21), ss. 76, 109 and third schedule - Constitution of Ireland,1937, Articles 28, 34.
Certain lands of the plaintiff were situated within the functional area of the Council of the County of Dublin which was the planning authority for those lands. The Council refused to grant outline planning permission to the plaintiff for the development of those lands. Shortly afterwards the Corporation of Dublin, being the housing authority for an adjacent area, made a compulsory purchase order for the acquisition by the Corporation of the plaintiff's lands pursuant to ss. 76 and 109 of the Housing Act, 1966. The objections of the plaintiff and others were the subject of a public inquiry held by an inspector appointed by...
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