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Limitation Act 1980: Delays in asbestos claims
Laura Elfield examines the decisions in cases outside the primary limitation period ‘Limitation will only commence once a cause of action has accrued – namely breach of duty and damage that is more than trivial. The date of exposure, on its own, is therefore not the important date for the purposes of limitation but rather …
Cases Referenced
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- Adams v Bracknell Forest Borough Council [2004] UKHL 29
- Cain v Francis [2008] EWCA Civ 1451
- Cartledge v E Jopling & Sons Ltd [1963] AC 758
- Collins v Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills [2013] EWHC 1117 (QB); [2014] EWCA Civ 717
- Daniel Greenway & Ors v Johnson Matthey Plc [2016] EWCA Civ 408
- Dowdall v Kenyon & Ors [2014] EWHC 2822
- Heaton v Axa Equity & Law Life Assurance Society Plc [2002] UKHL 15
- Jameson v Central Electricity Generating Board [1998] UKHL 51
- Johnson v Ministry of Defence [2012] EWCA Civ 1505
- Johnston v NEI International Combustion Limited [2007] UKHL 39
- Sanderson v Bradford Metropolitan District Council [2016] EWHC 527
- Summers v City & County of Cardiff [2015] EWHC 3066