Lapse of Time in UK Law

  • Redressing the Past with An Eye to the Future. The Impact of the Passage of Time on Property Rights Restitution in Post-Apartheid South Africa
    • No. 27-1, March 2009
    • Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights
    How should the law respond to a period of grave injustice in which certain categories of people were systematically deprived of their property rights and what is the impact of the passage of time o...
    ... ... However, law’s function in dealing with past deprivations of propert y rights will vary with the passage of time. If the lapse of time between the moment of past injustice and the moment of restitution has been relatively short, it is possible to conceive of the ... ...
  • Protection of trafficked people in Italy: policies, limits and challenges
    • No. 18-1, January 2015
    • Journal of Money Laundering Control
    • 52-65
    Purpose: – The purpose of the article is to analyse the Italian anti-trafficking system by examining its effectiveness in the protection of trafficked people. Design/methodology/approach: – The ar...
    ... ... for the residence permit granted to victims; the long lapseof time for the issuing of the residence permit; difculties in the conversion ... authorities of therequirements for the residence permit; the long lapse of time for the issuing of theresidence permit; the difcult conversion ... ...
  • Leave to Appeal Challenged at Substantive Hearing
    • No. 63-5, October 1999
    • Journal of Criminal Law, The
    ... ... made 'promptly' and, unless there is 'good reason' for extendingthe time, within three months of the incidentwhich affordsthegroundsof the ... , and (3) if a case for recommendingcompensation were made out, the lapse of time meant that it would betoo late to re-open the case, by remitting ... ...
  • Leave to Appeal Challenged at Substantive Hearing
    • No. 63-5, October 1999
    • Journal of Criminal Law, The
    ... ... made 'promptly' and, unless there is 'good reason' for extendingthe time, within three months of the incidentwhich affordsthegroundsof the ... , and (3) if a case for recommendingcompensation were made out, the lapse of time meant that it would betoo late to re-open the case, by remitting ... ...
  • Equitable Estoppel Today
    • No. 15-3, July 1952
    • The Modern Law Review
    ... ... that his father could do so; and it did not at the time fall within the third category, as only the father had done an ... of the obscurity of the relationship between lapse of time and acquiescence. Laches has, according to J ... ...
  • ‘Special Reasons’
    • No. 23-1, January 1950
    • Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles
    ... ... holding or obtaining alicence unless the court, having regard to the lapse of time since the ... ,SPECIALREASONS'65date of the previous or last ... ...
  • Review: Technology Transfer and East-West Relations
    • No. 43-3, September 1988
    • International Journal
    ... ... Reid's account of the inner workings of diplomacy at a time of crisis is well done. His second theme is what he calls ... On the whole, the lapse of time has not impaired the validity of these studies. They ... ...
  • ‘Under the Influence of Drink’
    • No. 6-4, October 1933
    • Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles
    ... ... probably occur: The station officer will carefully note the time that prisoner is brought to the station, his reaction to the ... a very important question certainly does now emerge, viz., the lapse of time since the prisoner's arrest and its rela- tion to the ... ...
  • EASEMENT AND PRESCRIPTION—CHANGING PERSPECTIVES IN CLASSIFICATION
    • No. 38-6, November 1975
    • The Modern Law Review
    ... ... of cases involving the acquisition of rights through lapse of time. It is trite theory that prescription presupposes ... ...
  • The Use of Fluorescent Powders in Police Work
    • No. 42-3, March 1969
    • Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles
    ... ... light have been used for this purpose for some consider- able time. There is a fairly comprehensive selection of fluorescent powders ... removed from the hands by a good washing and therefore the lapse of time between the marked article being stolen and the examination ... ...
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