Lapse of Time in UK Law
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Allen v Sir Alfred McAlpine & Sons Ltd
... ... , because of the pressure of other work or of other claims on their time. Hence these ills. And these are not the only examples. A few months ago ... At the trial itself, the lapse of time will tell more heavily against her than against the defendants ... ...
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Boolell v The State
... ... of his constitutional rights to a fair trial within a reasonable time, as guaranteed by section 10(1) of the Constitution. The appeal was ... It was conceded by counsel for the prosecution that the lapse of time, some twelve years, would without more give rise to a breach of ... ...
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Dyer v Watson and Another; HM Advocate v K
... ... is entitled to a fair and public hearing within a reasonable time by an independent and impartial tribunal established by law …" ... What was missing was any indication that the lapse of time had ever led the authorities, as it should have done, to treat the ... ...
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Birkett v James
... ... By that time the dilatory conduct of proceedings in the High Court by solicitors to ... ? In the ordinary way the prejudice caused to the defendant by lapse of time is likely to be greater where no previous proceedings had been ... ...
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Clark v University of Lincolnshire and Humberside
... ... out, at least if it seeks to take advantage of the more generous time limit for such actions ... 16 For reasons ... 's processes are being misused, or if it is clear that because of the lapse of time or other circumstances no worthwhile relief can be expected ... ...
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Attorney General's Reference (No. 2 of 2001); R v J
... ... on the ground that there has been a violation of the reasonable time requirement in Article 6(1) of the European Convention for the Protection ... the argument that continuation of a criminal prosecution after the lapse of a reasonable time is unlawful and thus requires a stay of further ... ...
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Litster v Forth Dry Dock and Engineering Company Ltd
... ... with the transferor for the latter to dismiss its employees a short time before the transfer becomes operative. In the event that the transferor is ... and transferee respectively before the last transaction, to the lapse of time between each of the transactions, to the intention of the parties ... ...
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Perrins v Holland and Others
... ... The costs incurred by the estate and by Anne at that time stood at £12,000; and the estate's solicitors predicted (rightly as it ... some 15 months earlier could be described as settled and despite the lapse of time and the obvious opportunity for a change of mind. Miss Reed ... ...
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Admiralty Commissioners v SS Susquehanna
... ... , having regard to the fact that if the "Prestol" had been let on a time charter she would have earned a sum slightly less than £225 a day and ... Not only has there been necessary deterioration by lapse of time, but a vessel's condition may not be worth what was originally ... ...
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Applegate v Moss
... ... than six years had elapsed, and therefore the action was barred by lapse of time. To which Mr. Applegate and Mr. Archer replied that there was ... ...
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