State (Hegarty) v Winters
| Jurisdiction | Ireland |
| Judgment Date | 01 January 1958 |
| Date | 01 January 1958 |
| Court | Supreme Court |
Award - Setting aside of award - Misconduct of arbitrator - Arbitrator viewing land - Only one party to dispute present -Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act, 1919 (9 10 Geo. 5, c. 57), s. 3 - Certiorari and mandamus.
C. entered on the lands of H.to do certain works which C. was empowered by statute to do As a result of such works, damage was caused to H's land. An arbitrator was appointed by the Land Values Reference Committee under the provisions of the Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act, 1919, to assess the amount of the compensation payable to H.H. alleged and the arbitrator denied that the arbitrator acted throughout the arbitration in a biased manner against H. The arbitrator did go to view the lands in company with the engineer employed by C. and with no one then present on behalf of H. The arbitrator subsequently made a nil award. H. applied for and obtained a conditional order of certiorariand a rule in the nature of mandamus to quash the award of the arbitrator. H. then applied to have the conditional order of certiorari and mandamus made absolute notwithstanding the cause shown Held by the Supreme Court reversing the High Court that the action of the arbitrator in going upon...
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