A v Hoare

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Neutral Citation[2008] UKHL 6
CourtHouse of Lords (England)
Date2008
Year2008
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    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • 23 October 2012
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  • TPE v Harvey Franks
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • 10 July 2018
    ... ... 74 It is plain from the authorities that the reasons why the claim was brought outside of the relevant time limit is a central consideration in relation to s 33. In A v Hoare [2008] 1 AC 844 , the House of Lords over-ruled its own previous decision and held that the time limit for bringing a claim for intentional injuries could be extended under s 33. In giving the leading judgment Lord Hoffmann held that the question as to the effect on an actual Claimant of his ... ...
  • Rachel Catherine Ellam v George Ellam
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 26 March 2015
    ... ... By this time, of course, it was clear from the decision in Stubbings (supra) that any claim was irretrievably statute barred ... 28 On 30 January 2008 the House of Lords gave judgment in A v Hoare [2008] 1 AC 844 , in which the House declined to follow Stubbings (supra) and found that section 11 of the 1980 Act (and with it section 33, permitting extension of the limitation period) applied to claims in respect of intentional injury ... 29 On about 4 February ... ...
  • Adorian v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 23 January 2009
    ...believed that the limitation period for such claims was six years, but in January 2008 the House of Lords' decision in R v Hoare [2008] UKHL 6; [2008] 1 AC 844 established that it was three. The claim was thus issued just in time; but it was met with an application to strike it out pursuan......
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1 books & journal articles
  • Tort Law
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2007, December 2007
    • 1 December 2007
    ...in deserving cases. The Singapore Act does not contain such a discretionary provision. The House of Lords” recent decision in A v Hoare[2008] UKHL 6 is an example of how the discretionary provision may be used quite liberally in some cases. Land-related torts 22.62 OTF Aquarium Farm v Lian ......

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