Subjects:

Practice & Procedure

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. The Running of Time and the Commencement of Proceedings

3. Disability, Fraud, Concealment and Mistake

4. Actions in Contract

5. Actions founded on Tort

6. Claims pursuant to Statute and on a Judgment

7. The Consumer Protection Act 1987

8. The Concept of Latent Damage

9. Personal Injuries and Defamation

10. Land

11. Claims in respect of Trust Property and Actions for Account

12. Laches and Acquiescence

13. Personal Representatives

14. Arbitration

15. Pleading, Practice, Evidence and Procedure

16. Private International Law Considerations

17. Statutory Limitation Periods not governed by the Limitation Act 1980

The Law of Limitation offers a comprehsive analysis of the impact of periods of limitation on civil litigation in England and Wales. It examines the individual periods of limitation prescribed by the Limitation Act 1980 (as amended) in respect of specific causes of action and concludes with a discussion of the principal statutory limitation periods other than those governed by the 1980 Act. The book also contains an Appendix of useful precedents