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Limitation: The stroke of midnight – from writs to rags
Andrew Archer counts every second of a recent decision on limitation ‘Matthew concerned the defendant trustees’ alleged failure to claim under a court-sanctioned scheme of arrangement by the “Bar Date” of 2 June 2011.’ For both Cinderella and the parties in Matthew v Sedman [2019], the clock striking midnight was a make-or-break moment. Matthew is …
Cases Referenced
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- Matthew & ors v Sedman & ors [2017] EWHC 3527 (Ch)
- Matthew & ors v Sedman & ors [2019] EWCA Civ 475
- Pritam Kaur v S Russell & Sons Ltd [1973] QB 336