O'Reilly v Granville
| Jurisdiction | Ireland |
| Court | Supreme Court |
| Judgment Date | 15 July 1971 |
| Docket Number | [1968. No. 2983 P.] |
| Date | 15 July 1971 |
(S.C.)
O'Reilly
and
Granville
Adding party as defendant - Cause of action against proposed defendant being statute barred - Whether application should be granted - Rules of the Superior Courts, 1962 (S.I. No. 72 of 1962), Or. 15, r. 13 - Statute of Limitations, 1957 (No. 6), s. 11, sub-s. 2 (b).
The plaintiff, while driving his motor car, suffered personal injuries in a collision between his car and another car. The plaintiff sued the defendant in the mistaken belief that he had been the owner and driver of the other car involved in the accident. After the issue of his plenary summons, the plaintiff was informed that Desmond Granville had been the driver of the other...
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Clarke v O'Gorman
...of Limitations is one that is well recognised and was well known in 2003 when the Act was enacted. Thus, in O'Reilly v. Granville [1971] I.R. 90 (p. 95) O'Dálaigh C.J. adopted a passage from Lightwood on Limitations (1909) (Lightwood, The time limit on actions being a treatise on the statu......
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