The Hon. the Irish Society v Ministry of Finance

JurisdictionNorthern Ireland
CourtQueen's Bench Division (Northern Ireland)
Judgment Date01 January 1958
Date01 January 1958
(Q.B.D., N.I.)
The Hon. the Irish Society
and
Ministry of Finance

No mistake of law on face of award except by inference - Motion to set aside award.

The owners of a several fishery which had been damaged by the execution of drainage works carried out by the Ministry of Finance in pursuance of the powers conferred by the Drainage Acts (Northern Ireland), 1929 to 1952, claimed compensation in respect of the financial loss occasioned. The claim was made in 1951 and at the hearing of the arbitration...

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3 cases
  • Limerick City Council v Uniform Construction Ltd
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 1 November 2005
    ...89, In Re Strabane RDC [1910] 1 IR 135, Doyle v Kildare Co Co [1996] 1 ILRM 252 applied; Honorable Irish Society v Minister for Finance [1958] NI 170, Nils Heime Akt v G Merel & Co Ltd (1959) 2 Lloyds Rep 292, FR Absalom Ltd v Great Western (London) Garden Village Society [1933] AC 592, S......
  • Keenan v Shield Insurance Company Ltd
    • Ireland
    • Supreme Court
    • 28 March 1988
    ...Costello J., 7th May, 1981); Ex parte Strabane R.D.C.[1910] 1 I.R. 135 and The Honourable the Irish Society v. Ministry for FinanceDNI [1958] N. I. 170 considered. 3. That once the arbitrator had made his award without qualification and in the absence of any request that he should state any......
  • Sheahan v Fbd Insurance Plc
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 25 March 1998
    ...law. In addition I would point to Ex Parte Strabane RDC (1910) 1 IR 135 and The Honourable The Irish Society -v- Ministry for Finance (1958) N.I. 170. This jurisdiction was abolished in England by the Arbitration Act, 1979. This feature of the common law was described in Russell on Arbitrat......