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Capacity: Masterman-Lister and Bailey v Warren revisited
Deirdre Goodwin considers when neurological advice should be sought Where a person sought to rely on an unsoundness of mind, he had to show that such incapacity had been known to his opponent. The recent case of Dunhill v Burgin highlights the risks of settling cases where the claimant lacks capacity and a litigation friend …
Cases Referenced
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- Bailey v Warren [2005] PIQR P15
- Dietz v Lennig Chemicals Ltd [1969] 1 AC 170
- Dunhill v Burgin [2011] EWHC 464 (QB); [2012] EWCA Civ 397; [2012] EWHC 3163 (QB); [2014] UKSC 18
- Gibbon v Manchester City Council [2010] EWCA Civ 726
- Hart v O'Connor [1985] AC 1000
- Imperial Loan Co Ltd v Stone [1892] 1 QB 599
- Masterman-Lister v Brutton & Co [2002] EWCA Civ 1889; [2003] WTLR 259
- Re Grosvenor Hotel London (No.2) [1965] Ch 1210
- Vinos v Marks & Spencer Plc [2001] 3 All ER 784