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Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
…The limitation period for actions founded on simple contract or on tort in England is six years. Section 2(1) Limitation Act 1939.…
…The Act is a Limitation Act; it relates only to procedure.…
Division and case type: CivilCivil Case
…having considered Mr Juma’s argument, and particularly grounds 5 an 6 of the proposed memorandum of appeal which state: “It was wrong in principle to have set aside the dismissal when a fresh action was already barred by limitation…
…, and the policy of the Courts, being to strike out the original suit and not to allow it to proceed (and a portion to be reopened ) after limitation has expired.…
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
…A limitation may be either as to the kind and nature of the actions and matters of which the particular court has cognisance, or as to the area over which the jurisdiction shall extend, or it may partake of both these characteristics…