Forbes v Wandsworth Health Authority

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date14 March 1996
Date14 March 1996
CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)
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  • McGhie v British Telecommunications Plc
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 18 January 2005
    ...that it is relevant to consider the strength of Mr McGhie's case. Mr Leech refers to another judgment of Stuart-Smith LJ in Forbes v Wandsworth Health Authority [1997] QB 402, the passage being at 417–418. Stuart-Smith LJ there said that a relevant consideration to the exercise of the discr......
  • O'Sullivan v Ireland, the Attorney General
    • Ireland
    • Supreme Court
    • 23 May 2019
    ...which was reasonably available and which would have shown that nerve damage had been caused. In Forbes v Wandsworth Health Authority [1997] QB 402, the plaintiff had a leg amputated. Time did not begin to run from that event but, instead, from the time when he had reasonably obtained exper......
  • Gough v Neary & Cronin
    • Ireland
    • Supreme Court
    • 3 July 2003
    ...LIMITATIONS (AMDT) ACT 1991 S2(1)(A) LIMITATION ACT 1975 (UK) NASH V ELI LILLY & CO 1993 1 WLR 782 FORBES V WANDWORTH HEALTH AUTHORITY 1996 3 WLR 1108 SPARGO V NORTH ESSEX DISTRICT HEALTH AUTHORITY 37 BMLR 99 SNIEZEK V BUNDY (LETCHWORTH) LTD [2000] PIQR 213 CHAPLIN V MOSS UNREP 17.7.2001 ......
  • Jeffrey Jones and Others v The Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (First Defendant) Coal Products Ltd (Second Defendant)
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • 23 October 2012
    ...case about dyslexia), Lord Hoffmann endorsed the "reasonable curiosity" test which had been applied by the Court of Appeal in Forbes v Wandsworth Health Authority282. At paragraph 43, he stated: "… [in losing his leg, the claimant] thought he had simply suffered a misfortune. Stuart-Smith L......
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