Ronayne v Ronayne

JurisdictionIreland
CourtSupreme Court
Judgment Date16 July 1970
Docket Number[1969. No. 168 P.]
Date16 July 1970
(S.C.)
Ronayne
and
Ronayne

Claim for unliquidated damages brought in High Court - Application by defendant for transfer of action to Circuit Court - Test to be applied - Rules of the Superior Courts, 1962 (No. 72 of 1962), Or. 49, r. 7 - Courts of Justice Act, 1924 (No. 10 of 1924), ss. 25, 26 - Courts of Justice Act, 1936 (No. 48 of 1936), ss. 11, 20 -Courts of Justice Act, 1953 (No. 32 of 1953), s. 19.

An action in the High Court in which the plaintiff claims unliquidated damages should not be...

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6 cases
  • Farrelly v Pepper Finance Corporation DAC
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 28 February 2023
    ...damages that could reasonably be awarded to the plaintiff taking her claims at their height. 19 . The Supreme Court in Ronayne v Ronayne [1970] IR 15 confirmed that this remains the test notwithstanding the provisions of section 20 of the Courts of Justice Act 1936 which provides that in a ......
  • Breidegam v Reilly
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 7 April 2020
    ...of the Circuit Court.” This test was cited with approval by O'Dálaigh C.J. in the Supreme Court decision of Ronayne v. Ronayne [1970] 1 I.R, 15. 37 As noted above, s. 25 of the Act of 1924 was amended by s. 11 of the Act of 1936. It gives the Court a discretion by providing that an action s......
  • McDonald v Galvin
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 1 January 1977
    ... ... I was also referred to the case of Ronayne.v. Ronayne (1970) I.R. 15 ... 5 The submissions raise the issue of the right of any party to have a civil action tried with a jury. I have not been ... ...
  • Moran T/A Noel Moran Recovery v Black Star Management Ltd T/A The Recovery Network
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 20 March 2024
    ...exceeding the Circuit Court's monetary jurisdiction. […]”. 10 This test has been reiterated by the Supreme Court in Ronayne v. Ronayne [1970] I.R. 15. There, the Supreme Court explained that this test continued to apply notwithstanding that—as the result of a subsequent legislative amendmen......
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