Accrual of Cause of Action in UK Law

  • Pirelli General Cable Works Ltd v Oscar Faber & Partners
    • House of Lords
    • 09 Diciembre 1982
    ... ... the purpose of the Limitation Acts, in an action founded on negligence in the design or ... that the date at which the respondents' cause of action accrued was the date of discoverability ... three possible dates as the date of accrual. The earliest suggested date is that on which the ... ...
  • Ketteman v Hansel Properties Ltd
    • House of Lords
    • 22 Enero 1987
    ... ... the architects joined as parties to the action, because their solicitors believed that Hansel ... 858 , held that the date of accrual of a cause of action in tort for damage caused by ... ...
  • Forster v Outred & Company
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 11 Marzo 1981
    ... ... No step was taken in the action for two years and nine months ... is accordingly the gist of the action, the cause of action is not complete until actual damage is ... ...
  • Cartledge v E. Jopling & Sons Ltd
    • House of Lords
    • 17 Enero 1963
    ... ... Committee, to whom was referred the Cause Cartledge (Widow and administratrix of the Estate ... or modify the rules that a cause of action accrues as soon as a wrongful act has caused ... same Act for postponing the date of the accrual of the cause of action in cases involving fraud ... ...
  • Law Society v Sephton & Company (A Firm)
    • House of Lords
    • 10 Mayo 2006
    ... ... LORDS OF APPEAL FOR JUDGMENT IN THE CAUSE ... Original Appellants: ... Michael ... 2 of the Limitation Act 1980 for an action founded on tort is six years from the date on ... be to advance, rather than retard, the accrual of a cause of action." ... ...
  • Moore (D. W.) & Company Ltd v Ferrier
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 29 Julio 1987
    ... ... The writ in the action was issued on 16th April 1985. The endorsement on ... on behalf of the appellants that the cause of action in tort against the respondents did not ... ...
  • Nicole Michelle Green v Sheila Agnes Eadie and Others
    • Chancery Division
    • 18 Noviembre 2011
    ... ... 1 In this action the Claimant, Nicole Michelle Green ("Mrs ... that the lack of clarity could subsequently cause problems, including costly boundary disputes with ... statute barred is six years from the accrual of the cause of action and not 12 years ... ...
  • ARBUTHNOTT and Others v FAGAN and FELTRIM UNDERWRITING AGENCIES Ltd and Others and Two Other Actions (1st Appeal) ARBUTHNOTT and Others v FAGAN and FELTRIM UNDERWRITING AGENCIES Ltd and Others and Two
    • House of Lords
    • 25 Julio 1994
    ... ... impose any duty upon managing agents not to cause purely economic loss to Names? ... 25 (b) Does ... of the more favourable date for the accrual of the cause of action in tort, as opposed to ... ...
  • JA Pye (Oxford) Ltd v United Kingdom (44302/02)
    • House of Lords
    • 04 Julio 2002
    ... ... LORDS OF APPEAL FOR JUDGMENT IN THE CAUSE LORD BINGHAM OF CORNHILL My ... summons or from the date of the writ action commenced on 20 January. Before the Court of ... provisions for determining the date of accrual of rights of action to recover land in the cases ... ...
  • Horton v Sadler and another
    • House of Lords
    • 14 Junio 2006
    ... ... LORDS OF APPEAL FOR JUDGMENT IN THE CAUSE ... Original Appellant and ... ordinary time limit in a personal injuries action under what is now section 33 of the Limitation ... Act 1963, which provided for the accrual of a claimant's cause of action to be deferred in ... ...
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