Sirros v Moore

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)
Year1974
Date1974

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179 cases
  • Deighan v Ireland
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 1 January 1995
    ...in respect of anything said or done by him in the exercise of his jurisdiction. Dictum of Lord Denning M.R. in Sirros v. MooreELR [1975] Q.B. 118 approved; Maharaj v. A.G. of Trinidad and TobagoELR [1979] A.C. 385 distinguished. 2. That, accordingly, the defendants could not vicariously be ......
  • Beatty v Rent Tribunal
    • Ireland
    • Supreme Court
    • 21 October 2005
    ...for negligence can be made against Rent Tribunal arising out of its determination - Arenson v Arenson [1977] AC 405 and Sirros v Moore [1975] QB 118 followed - Respondent's appeal allowed (290/2003 - SC - 21/10/2005) [2005] IESC 66 - Beatty v Rent Tribunal Facts: The Rent Tribunal appealed ......
  • Fingleton v R
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 23 June 2005
    ...law in relation to judicial immunity. Those distinctions attracted strong criticism in the United Kingdom from the Court of Appeal in Sirros v Moore8 and the House of Lords in In re McC (A Minor)9. Section 30 treats all judicial officers in the same way, and confers immunity from criminal r......
  • Antonion Casimiro Lopes v The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 11 June 2008
    ...EQUALITY AND LAW REFORM DEFENDANT RSC O.19 r28 RSC O.19 r27 EC TREATY ART 12 CONSTITUTION ART 35 EC TREATY ART 13 SIRROS v MOORE & ORS 1975 1 QB 118 DESMOND & MCD MANAGEMENT SERVICES LTD v RIORDAN 2000 1 IR 505 2000 1 ILRM 502 MACAULEY & CO LTD v WYSE POWER 1943 77 ILTR 61 DEIGHAN v IREL......
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5 books & journal articles
  • Administrative and Constitutional Law
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2015, December 2015
    • 1 December 2015
    ...whereas inferior court judges were only immune from suit for acts done within their jurisdiction: at [9]–[10], discussing Sirros v Moore[1975] QB 118. Singapore legislation has eradicated this distinction to ensure that judges of the inferior courts as well as judicial officers of all Singa......
  • Of Kings and Officers — The Judicial Development of Public Law
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 33-2, June 2005
    • 1 June 2005
    ...that tort. It extended to other torts such as defamation. 75 Again, the immunity was not limited to the historic tort: see Sirros v Moore [1975] QB 118, 132, 138; Gallo v Dawson (No 2) (1992) 109 ALR 319; Canada Trust Co v Stolzenberg [1997] 4 All ER 983, 988–9; Mann v O'Neill (1997) 191 CL......
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Torts. Sixth Edition
    • 25 June 2020
    ...430 Sindell v Abbott Laboratories, 26 Cal 3d 588, 607 P2d 924 (1980) .................... 64 Sirros v Moore (1974), [1975] 1 QB 118, [1974] 3 WLR 459 (CA) ..................... 226 Slattery v Haley (1922), 52 OLR 95, [1923] 3 DLR 156 (CA) ............................... 44 Smith New Court S......
  • Special Topics in Negligence
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Torts. Sixth Edition
    • 25 June 2020
    ...powers begins with the Supreme Court decision in Welbridge Holdings Ltd v Greater Winnipeg (Municipality 196 Sirros v Moore (1974), [1975] 1 QB 118 (CA). See also Jordan v Nation , 2013 ABCA 117 where the Court of Appeal afirmed the absolute immunity of a superior court judge. Special Topic......
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