Date of Knowledge in UK Law

  • KR and Others v Bryn Alyn Community (Holdings) Ltd ((in Liquidation)) and another
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 12 February 2003
    ... ... that all the successful claims were out of time and not saved by the "date of knowledge" provisions in sections 11 and 14 of the Limitation Act 1980 ... ...
  • R (C) v Middlesbrough Council; A v Hoare and other appeals
    • House of Lords
    • 30 January 2008
    ... ... the period of limitation for an action in tort is six years from the date on which the cause of action accrues. This period derives from the ... either the date when the cause of action accrued or the "date of knowledge" as defined in section 14, whichever is the later. In addition, section 33 ... ...
  • Berger v Eli Lilly & Company
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 28 August 1992
    ... ... This consisted of lay persons who made their knowledge and advice available to sufferers. In the same month the Law Society set ... Further writs, however, were issued after that date and, as a result, on 13th January 1987 Hirst J. laid down a further ... ...
  • Adams v Bracknell Forest Borough Council
    • House of Lords
    • 17 June 2004
    ... ... Time runs from the date on which the action accrued or the "date of knowledge", whichever is the ... ...
  • Dobbie v Medway Health Authority
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 11 May 1994
    ... ... accepted that time should not begin to run before a claimant had knowledge (actual or constructive) both of his injured condition and of its having ... or omission of the defendant, but was concerned to decide whether the date of knowledge should arrive (1)on the plaintiff acquiring ... ...
  • Horton v Sadler and another
    • House of Lords
    • 14 June 2006
    ... ... tort should not be brought after the expiration of six years from the date on which the cause of action accrued. Despite the language used, this has ... cause of action to be deferred in such a case until his date of knowledge. That Act gave rise to acute problems of interpretation and application, ... ...
  • Halford v Brookes and Another
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 26 November 1990
    ... ... Her body was discovered on 9th April 1978, and on that date the second defendant was interviewed by the police, and confessed that he ... death or (b) the date of the personal representative's knowledge; whichever is the later." ... 15 Section 14 so ... ...
  • Walkley v Precision Forgings Ltd
    • House of Lords
    • 17 May 1979
    ... ... the respondent's affidavit it is clear that he had the necessary knowledge within the normal period. The case of Marston v. British Railways Board ... of the appellants from the 10th November 1966, (presumably the date on which he commenced his employment) until in or about 1971 ... 17 On ... ...
  • Deutsche Morgan Grenfell Group Plc v Commissioners of Inland Revenue
    • House of Lords
    • 25 October 2006
    ... ... in 1999, was in theory corporation tax payable in advance of the date on which it would otherwise have been payable. A company resident in the ... ): "I accept Mr Rabinowitz's submission … that mere knowledge that the statutory provisions in question are under challenge is not to be ... ...
  • Thompson v Brown
    • House of Lords
    • 07 May 1981
    ... ... considerable delay in obtaining the medical report and, at some date after August 1977, their file dealing with Mr. Thompson's claim became ... , or ( b ) the date (if later) of the plaintiff's knowledge. (5) …. (6) In this section, and in ... ...
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