State (Llewellyn) v Ua Donnchadha

JurisdictionIreland
Judgment Date01 January 1974
Date01 January 1974
Docket Number[1972. No. 268 SS.]
CourtSupreme Court
(S.C.)
The State (Llewellyn)
and
Ua Donnchadha

Criminal trial -Statutory offence - Decision on validity of statute pending in superior court - Whether District Justice had jurisdiction to proceed with trial -Prohibition - District Court Rules, 1948 (S.I. No. 431 of 1947), r. 13.

The prosecutor was due to be tried summarily in the District Court for an offence, the proof of which depended upon the effect of a sub-section of a statute. At that time a civil action, in which the constitutional validity of...

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12 cases
  • S.P.U.C. v Grogan (No. 4)
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 1 January 1994
    ...not yet in force, the court could not take cognisance of any declaration in relation thereto. The State (Llewellyn) v. Ua DonnchadhaIR [1973] I.R. 151 applied. S.P.U.C. v. Grogan (No. 4) The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (Ireland) Limited Plaintiff and Stephen Grogan and Oth......
  • Minister for Agriculture v Brennan
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 1 January 1999
    ...the respondent would have been bound by that decision until such time as it was reversed. The State (Llewellyn) v. Ua DonnchadhaIR [1973] I.R. 151 applied. High Court [1994 No. 33 J.R.] Minister for Agriculture v. Brennan The Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry Applicant and Distric......
  • Stephens v Connellan
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 21 December 2002
    ...S15 FIREARMS ACT 1971 S3 CONSTITUTION ART 38.1 CONSTITUTION ART 40.3 HEALY, STATE V O'DONOGHUE 1976 IR 325 LLEWELLYN, STATE V DONNACHADA 1973 IR 151 HOLLAND, STATE V KENNEDY 1977 1 IR 193 CONSTITUTION ART 34 CONSTITUTION ART 40.3.1 CONSTITUTION ART 40.3.2 CONSTITUTION ART 38 MCDONALD V BOR......
  • Power, Flynn a Ltd v Minister for Fisheries & Forestry
    • Ireland
    • Supreme Court
    • 1 January 1986
    ...out powers vested in them by a statute which enjoyed a presumption of constitutional validity. The State (Llewellyn) v. Ua DonnchadhaIR [1973] I.R. 151, considered. 3. That accordingly: (i) (McCarthy J. dissenting) the presumption of constitutionality which applied to the impugned statute w......
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