Cause of Action in UK Law

  • Paragon Finance Plc v DB Thakerar & Company
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 21 Julio 1998
    ... ... In one action the Defendants are Thimbleby & Co.; in the other Thakerar & Co. Thimbleby ... 7 Pleading a new cause of action after expiry of the limitation period ... 8 For the ... ...
  • Rookes v Barnard
    • House of Lords
    • 21 Enero 1964
    ... ... Upon Report from the Appellate Committee, to whom was referred the Cause Rookes (A.P.) against Barnard and others, that the Committee had heard ... In this action the Appellant seeks a remedy against two members and an official of the ... ...
  • Doreen Ann Letang (Respondent) Frank Anthony Cooper (Appellant)
    • Court of Appeal
    • 15 Junio 1964
    ... ... , more than three years after the accident, Mrs Letang brought this action against Mr Cooper for damages for loss and injury caused by (1) the ... intentionally applies force directly to another, the plaintiff has a cause of action in assault and battery, or, if you so please to describe it, in ... ...
  • Johnson v Gore Wood & Company (A Firm)
    • House of Lords
    • 14 Diciembre 2000
    ... ... -01 OPINIONS OF THE LORDS OF APPEAL FOR JUDGMENT IN THE CAUSE LORD BINGHAM OF CORNHILL My Lords, ... 1 ... The first is Mr. Johnson, the plaintiff in the action, who appeals against a decision of the Court of Appeal dismissing the ... ...
  • Arnold v National Westminster Bank Plc
    • House of Lords
    • 25 Abril 1991
    ... ... They brought an action by writ claiming rectification of the lease so as to produce the result ... It is appropriate to commence by noticing the distinction between cause of action estoppel and issue estoppel. Cause of action estoppel arises ... ...
  • Black-Clawson International Ltd v Papierwerke Waldhof-Aschaffenburg A.G.
    • House of Lords
    • 05 Marzo 1975
    ... ... this House of the 29th day of October last, it was Ordered that the Cause Black-Clawson International Limited against Papierwerke ... The action was dismissed as being time barred without any enquiry into the merits ... ...
  • Kuwait Airways Corporation v Iraqi Airways Company (Nos 4 & 5)
    • House of Lords
    • 16 Mayo 2002
    ... ... -02 OPINIONS OF THE LORDS OF APPEAL FOR JUDGMENT IN THE CAUSE LORD NICHOLLS OF BIRKENHEAD My Lords, ... 1 ... Military action by coalition air forces began twentyfour hours later. The airfield at ... ...
  • Murphy v Brentwood District Council
    • House of Lords
    • 26 Julio 1990
    ... ... Under the head "Nature of the damages recoverable and arising of the cause of action" Lord Wilberforce said, at p. 759: "There are many ... ...
  • Three Rivers District Council v Governor and Company of the Bank of England (No. 3)
    • House of Lords
    • 22 Marzo 2001
    ... ... -2000 OPINIONS OF THE LORDS OF APPEAL FOR JUDGMENT IN THE CAUSE LORD STEYN ... 1 My Lords ... 2 Before 1979, with ... The action was started in May 1993. It is unnecessary to trace the earlier procedural ... ...
  • M'Alister or Donoghue (Pauper) v Stevenson
    • House of Lords
    • 26 Mayo 1932
    ... ... gun exploded in the son's hands and he was held to have a right of action in tort against the gunmaker. How far it is from the present case can be ... were due to negligence in the work, and it was held that he had no cause of action. This case seems to me to show that the manufacturer of any ... ...
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