Parkes v Minister for Finance

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Judgment Date: 01 January 1979
• Date: 01 January 1979
• Court: Circuit Court

(Cir. Ct.)

Parkes

and

Minister for Finance

Official driver of State vehicle - Accident during hours of work - Domestic emergency - State vehicle used without permission - Driver returning home during his hours of work - Civil Liability Act, 1961 (No.41), s. 59.

By reason of a sudden attack of sinus suffered by the wife of the driver of a State owned vehicle, during his hours of employment, he drove the vehicle some miles out of the area of his employment, in order to reach his home and in the course of the journey the vehicle was involved in a collision. Held, in an action against the driver and the Minister for Finance, that the driver was not at the time of the collision acting in the course of his duty or employment within the meaning of the Civil Liability Act,...