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High Court, in supplemental judgment following the dismissal of a case by a private citizen against the members of an Oireachtas committee, where she had been subjected to damaging comment while appearing as a witness in a voluntary capacity, awards the citizen two thirds of her taxed costs against the respondents on the grounds that: (a) the citizen was personally damaged by much of what was asked and said about her; (b) the institution of the proceedings was a proportionate reaction on her part to the situation; and (c) she had raised issues of special and general public importance concerning the legal safeguards (if any) of witnesses who appeared before such committees.
Costs of proceedings - dismissal of action - Order 99, rule 1(1) of the Rules of the Superior Courts - discretion of court - ways of exercising discretion - special circumstances of case - voluntary appearance of citizen invited to appear before Oireachtas committee - questioned on matters of which she had no prior notice - subjected to damaging comment - committee acting ultra vires its powers - matters of special and general public importance.
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