Redpath v Belfast and County Down Railway
| Jurisdiction | Northern Ireland |
| Court | King's Bench Division (Northern Ireland) |
| Judgment Date | 01 January 1947 |
| Date | 01 January 1947 |
(K.B.D., N.I.),
Redpath
and
Belfast and County Down Railway
Grant to injured person from fund voluntarily subscribed by public to relieve distress - Whether to be taken into account in assessing damages.
In a railway accident caused by the negligence of the railway company's servants a number of passengers was killed or injured, and in order to relieve the resulting distress a fund was established which was voluntarily supported by the public. In an action for damages for personal injuries...
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48 cases
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Parry v Cleaver
...rightly or wrongly, many people object to it. I know of no better statement of the reason than that of Andrews L.C.J. in Redpath v. Belfast and County Down Railway [1947] N.I. 167. There the Company sought to bring into account sums received by the plaintiff from a distress fund. Andrews L......
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Lindsay v Mid Western Health Board
...of paying the cost of maintenance twice over would not further the interest of justice. Redpath v. Belfast and County Down RailwayDNI[1947] N.I. 167 not followed. 8. That, where the plaintiff had little or no awareness of his or her condition, there was no rule of law either limiting the ge......
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Ballantine v Newalls Insulation Company Ltd
...(2) moneys received by the plaintiff from the bounty or benevolence of third parties moved by sympathy for his misfortune: Redpath v Belfast and County Down Railway [1947] NI 167. The reasoning relied on by courts in support of other exceptions has, I think, invariably been based on the app......
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2 books & journal articles
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Deductions from Damages: Collateral Benefits
...to damages for lost wages. In Rawson v Kasman , 16 the Ontario Court of Appeal awarded 12 Redpath v Belfast and County Down Rly , [1947] NI 167; MB v British Columbia , [2003] 2 SCR 477 [ MB ]. 13 [1970] AC 1 at 14 (PC), Lord Reid [ Parry ]. 14 Cunningham , above note 4 at 370. See also MB ......
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Table of cases
...1 WWR 305 .............................................................................. 303 Redpath v Belfast and County Down Rly, [1947] NI 167 ................................... 485 Reekie v Messervey (1989), 59 DLR (4th) 481, 36 BCLR (2d) 316, 48 CCLT 217 (CA) ...............................
