Injuries in UK Law
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Anns v Merton London Borough Council
... ... of the six years (amended by the Law Reform (Limitation of Actions, etc.) Act 1954 to three years in actions for damages for personal injuries) from the date when the cause of action accrued. Every member of this House in Jopling v. Cartledge expressed the view that it was unreasonable and ... ...
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Swain v Hillman
... ... The judge was dealing with a case management conference in respect of a claim by Mr Paul Swain for personal injuries against Mr Hillman and Mr Gay who are builders. The chronology in this case makes sorry reading ... 3The accident in relation to which Mr Swain ... ...
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British Transport Commission v Gourley
... ... Earl Jowitt My Lords, ... 1 the Respondent, who is an eminent civil engineer, suffered severe injuries whilst travelling in a railway train owing to the negligence of the Appellants' servants, and brought his action to recover damages ... 2 The ... ...
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Adams v Cape Industries Plc
... ... 6 The awards were made in respect of claims for damages for personal injuries and consequential loss allegedly suffered by each plaintiff as a result of exposure to asbestos fibres emitted from the premises of a primary ... ...
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Fairchild v Glenhaven Funeral Services Ltd and Others
... ... The challenge to the traditional approach has manifested itself in cases dealing with non-traumatic injuries such as man-made diseases resulting from the widespread diffusion of chemical products, including product liability cases in which a product which ... ...
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Davies v Powell Duffryn Associated Collieries (No. 2)
... ... 's father under the Fatal Accidents Acts and £500 to the father as administrator under the Law Reform Act for the deceased girl's personal injuries, including loss of her leg. The £500 was reduced by the Court of Appeal to £22. This sum was awarded for loss of expectation of life. But in this ... ...
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Moeliker v A. Reyrolle & Company Ltd
... ... Justice Boreham at Newcastle-upon-Tyne on the 24th March, 1975, by which he awarded the plaintiff a total of £3,000 damages for personal Injuries. The total of £3,000 was made up of two items, £2,250 for pain and suffering and loss of amenity, and £750 for loss of earning capacity. He also ... ...
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Cartledge v E. Jopling & Sons Ltd
... ... 24 That period of six years was reduced to three years in the case of actions for damages for personal injuries by the Law Reform (Limitation of Actions, etc.) Act, 1954, but the reduction had not yet taken effect when the matters material to this action ... ...
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Bourhill v Young
... ... pursuer in an action of reparation, in which she claims damages from the Respondent as executor-dative of the late John Young, in respect of injuries alleged to have been sustained by her owing to the fault of John Young, on the occasion of a collision between a motor-cycle which the latter was ... ...
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