Billings v Reed
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Date | 1944 |
| Year | 1944 |
| Court | Court of Appeal |
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10 cases
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Doreen Ann Letang (Respondent) Frank Anthony Cooper (Appellant)
...of action for trespass to the person as well as negligence. In support of this view, I would refer to the decision of this Court in Billings v. Reed 1945 King's Bench, 11, where Lord Greene gave the phrase "breach of duty" a similar wide construction. I would also refer to the valuable Judg......
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A v Hoare
...and also whether there should be any change in the six year limit. 11 In the meantime in 1944 this court had decided Billings v Reed [1945] KB 11, in judgments which included a consideration of section 3(1) (b) of the Personal Injuries (Emergency Provisions) Act 1939. This statutory provisi......
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R (C) v Middlesbrough Council; A v Hoare and other appeals
...compensation or damages would be payable is responsible." 8 The meaning of these words was briefly considered by the Court of Appeal in Billings v Reed [1945] KB 11, in which the plaintiff's wife had been killed by a negligently piloted RAF aeroplane. It was argued that, although this was ......
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Stingel v Clark
...14 months later in Letang v Cooper15. In that case the English Court of Appeal (Lord Denning MR, Danckwerts and Diplock LJJ), following Billings v Reed16, held that an action for trespass to the person was an action for ‘breach of duty’ within the meaning of the Limitation Act 1939 (UK) as ......
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1 books & journal articles
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Mixed messages on sexual assault and the statute of limitations: Stingel v. Clark, the Ipp 'reforms' and an argument for change.
...(2006) 226 CLR 442, 449-51 (Gleeson CJ, Callinan, Heydon and Crennan JJ). (54) [1963] VR 621. (55) [1966] VR 202. (56) See Billings v Reed [1945] KB 11; Letang v Cooper [1965] 1 QB 232; Long v Hepworth [1968] 3 All ER 248. Note, however, that Billings v Reed [1945] KB 11 dealt with the inte......