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Personal Injury Limitation Law, 2nd edition

Personal Injury Limitation Law, 2nd edition

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  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Professional (formerly Tottel Publishing)
  • ISBN: 9781845922979
  • Published In: April 2007
  • Format: Paperback , 660 pages
  • Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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This book provides comprehensive and practical guidance to the law of limitation periods in personal injury actions - key information that will help prevent a negligence claim being brought against you.
Invaluable practitioner guidance... as well as over 400 key case summaries

For ease and speed of use, this accessible book is divided into 3 user-friendly sections:
  • Part 1 deals with the subject in depth and detail, and works as a highly practical reference guide covering all aspects of PI limitation law.
  • Part 2 offers more than 400 major case summaries, both reported and unreported, and
  • part 3 contains all the relevant legislation and rules.

Only Personal Injury Limitation Law, 2nd edition, offers this unique combination of guidance and information, vital case notes and summaries, plus all the relevant legislation and court rules in one user-friendly single-source reference book.

The coverage includes
  • The latest Civil Procedure Rules
  • The Human Rights Act (1998)
  • Primary limitation periods
  • Section 33 applications
  • Fatal cases
  • Special time limits

Reviews

"I love this book...
The Law Society Gazette, review of previous edition
"...reaches the parts of the law of limitation that other books have not reached"
New Law Journal, review of previous edition
"...warmly recommended to all personal injury lawyers who would prefer to avoid being sued for negligence"
Journal of Personal Injury Litigation, review of previous edition

Contents

    Part 1:
  1. History of policy (Limitation Acts 1623-1980)
  2. The primary limitation period (ss2, 5 and 11)
  3. The claimant's date of knowledge (s14)
  4. Disability and concealment (ss28, 32)
  5. Discretion to disapply limitation periods (s33)
  6. Fatal cases (ss11, 12 and 13)
  7. Amendments/new claims in pending actions (s35)
  8. Special time limits (s39, CICB, MIB)
  9. Service proceedings
  10. Remedies under the CPR
    Part 2:
  • Index to cases
  • Case summaries
    Appendix
  • Index to Appendix
  • Statutes

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