There have been a number of recent decisions on limitation; it is fertile ground for argument. One such recent decision is the case of Wilkins v University North Midlands NHS Trust [2021] EWHC 2164 (QB) 30/7/21, in which Paul Stagg of 1CL represented the claimant, who was successful at the preliminary hearing on limitation.
Below, David Thomson will give you a whistle stop tour of the Limitation Act 1980 and review some of the recent cases. Francesca O’Neill will then look at ‘Date of Knowledge’ and the court’s approach on strike out.
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Max Melsa and Madeleine Miller appeared in the case of Re: F, G and H (Return Home Under Supervision Order) [2026] EWCA Civ 713, involving the making of Supervision Orders and the return of three children to the mother’s care following a rolled up Final Hearing where…
We haven’t brought our readers news from North of the border for some time – this week Imogen Todd examines a Scottish case on the disapplication of qualified one way costs shifting on account of unreasonable conduct, whilst Sarah Prager KC draws attention to a…
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