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Limitation Periods 6th Edition (Mainwork + 2nd Supplement)

Limitation Periods 6th Edition (Mainwork + 2nd Supplement)

Author: Andrew McGee
Publisher: Sweet & Maxwell U.K.
ISBN: 9780414024229
Published In: May 2013
Format: Hardback + Paperback
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The 6th edition of Limitation Periods:-

The 2nd Supplement was published in May 2013
The 1st Supplement was published in July 2012
The Main Work was published in October 2010
Steers practitioners through this complex and often incoherent area of law
Gives detailed guidance on more than 150 statutory time limits appropriate to specific causes of action, from preliminary issues to proceedings
Helps manage casework so that actions are begun within the required period
Sets out the time limits for commencing different types of action
Explains what happens when time has expired
Points out the many exceptions to the rules
Covers the significant number of cases on limitations that have been decided since publication of the previous edition
Deals with European and international limitation period issues This second supplement to the 6th edition of Limitation Periods brings you up-to-date with developments and case law since the publication of the first supplement in July 2012. edition in Offers full, in-depth coverage of this important and growing area of law.
- Gives guidance and analysis on time limitations in all areas of law and from preliminary issues to proceedings
- Provides over 150 statutory time limits appropriate to specific causes of action – this time-proven title cuts through the complexity to focus on what you need to know
- Tells when time starts to run, how long the limitation period is, and the consequences of expiry in differing circumstances
- Points out the options still available on expiry and the many exceptions to the rules that may apply
- Covers all procedural matters, with separate chapters for example on Pleading Analyses the judgments in new case law and explains the implications for future actions and decisions
- Covers European and international limitation issues
- Analyses the implications of new case law

Definition, background and policy.
The running and expiry of time.
The relevance of the remedy.
Categorisation.
Actions founded on tort.
The Latent Damage Act 1986.
The Consumer Protection Act 1987.
Personal injuries and defamation.
Judicial review and other Crown proceedings.
Accrual of cause of action in contract.
Actions to recover sums due under statute.
Personal property.
Real property.
Trustees and personal representatives.
Contribution.
Arbitration.
Miscellaneous cases.
Acknowledgment and part-payment.
Disability.
Fraud, concealment and mistake.
Pleading questions.
Procedural delays.
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The Merchant Shipping Act 1995.
The Foreign Limitation Periods Act 1984.
The Carriage Statutes.
Other statutes.

Andrew McGee is Professor of Law at Manchester University, as well as a practising Barrister from Kings Chambers in Leeds and Manchester. He is a commercial lawyer, who has published extensively in the areas of company law and insurance law, as well as being the author of Limitation Periods.Originally published in 1990, this work is now in its sixth edition and is established as the leading textbook in the field.