R v Shepherd
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judge | Lord Griffiths,Lord Emslie,Lord Roskill,Lord Ackner,Lord Lowry |
| Judgment Date | 16 December 1992 |
| Judgment citation (vLex) | [1992] UKHL J1216-2 |
| Date | 16 December 1992 |
| Court | House of Lords |
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Archbishop Michael George Bowen (1st Appellant) The Scout Association (2nd Appellant) v JL
...of sexual abuse, whether brought in negligence or trespass to the person, was three years. Since the earlier decision of Stubbings v Webb [1993] AC 498 the understanding had been that a claim for sexual assault was governed by a non-extendable time limit of six years. It was for that reason......
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S v W and Another (Child Abuse: Damages)
...six year period was available to the plaintiff. In this context our attention was directed to a House of Lords authority Stubbings v Webb [1993] AC 498 upon which Mr Bennett, on behalf of the appellant mother, strongly relies. It was a case, as is the instant case, involving sexual abuse, ......
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1 firm's commentaries
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House Of Lords Departs From Previous Decision In Stubbings v Webb
...House of Lords has overturned its own previous decision in the case of Stubbings v Webb [1993] AC 498 in which the House had unanimously decided that s11 of the Limitation Act 1980 did not apply to acts of deliberate assault (including acts of indecent assault), and allowed the appeals in t......
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Appeals
...panel takes precedence over the decision of a single Judge. See Dorset Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust v MH [2009] UKUT 4 (AAC), (2010) 11 BMLR 1 23 at [37]: Until further guidance is available as to the precedential authority to be given to various constitutions of the [Administrative Appe......
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Table of Cases
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Tort Litigation in the Context of Intra‐Familial Abuse
...with the contingencyfee system enable plaintiffs to engage in expensive litigation with little or no threat to their ownassets.62 [1993] 1 All ER 322.63 Limitation Act 1980, ss 28(1) and 38(2).The Modern Law Review [Vol. 61140 ßThe Modern Law Review Limited The plaintiff argued that the six......
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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.
...Callinan, Heydon and Crerman JJ), 485 (Hayne J). Gummow and Kirby JJ both dissented on this point: at 464 (Gummow J), 476 (Kirby J). (11) [1993] AC 498. (12) [2002] 2 IR (13) In January 2008 the House of Lords, citing Stingel v Clark with approval, took the relatively rare step of overturni......
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