Santry v Coast Lines Ltd

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Judgment Date: 01 January 1966
• Date: 01 January 1966
• Court: Supreme Court

(S.C.)

Santry

and

Coast Lines Ltd

Applicant domiciled and resident in the State - Employment on ship registered in Great Britain - Owners of ship an English company - Articles entered into by applicant in London - Applicant injured on ship while ship proceeding down Irish river - Jurisdiction of Irish Courts.

S., an Irish citizen, domiciled and resident in Ireland, was employed on a British registered ship, owned by a British company and plying between British and Irish ports. He was employed under Articles entered into in London. He was injured on the ship while it was proceeding down the River Lee in Co. Cork. On a claim brought by him under the Workmen's Compensation Acts, 1934-1955, against his employers, the respondents, in the Circuit Court in Cork, the Circuit Court Judge dismissed the claim holding that the Act did not apply to the applicant. Held by the Supreme Court (Lavery, Kingsmill Moore and Haugh JJ.), reversing the Circuit Court Judge 1, that jurisdiction is not conferred by the place...