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Case Report: Chief Constable of Hampshire v Southampton City Council [2014] EWCA Civ 1541
Limitation; Civil Liability (Contribution) Act 1978; date cause of action accrues ‘If in any doubt whatsoever about when limitation expires, assume it expires on the earliest possible date and start proceedings before then.’This case determined a short but important point as to when the limitation period runs (and therefore expires) in respect of a claim …
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- Aer Lingus Plc v Gildacroft Ltd [2006] EWCA Civ 4
- Chief Constable of Hampshire v Southampton City Council [2014] EWCA Civ 1541
- Hamlin v Edwin Evans (A Firm) [1996] PNLR 398 CA
- Jolly v Harsco Infrastructure Services Ltd [2012] EWHC 3086 (QB)
- Knight v Rochdale Healthcare NHS Trust [2003] EWHC 1831 (QB)
- Nash v Eli Lilly & Co [1993] 1 WLR 782
- Purnell v Roche [1927] 2 Ch 142