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…By the bringing of the application to substitute the plaintiff it was made clear both to the Court and the defendant that the estate of the deceased plaintiff was desirous of continuing the prosecution of the cause of action…

…Though the record of proceedings for that day is not clear on the point, the order for stay was made in order that the provisions of clause 9 of the policy should first be complied with, if the respondent was to have any cause…

…of action against the appellant at all.…

…Secondly, whether, in absence of the Judgment or a copy thereof, the applicant could have appreciated the reasoning and final decree to permit him or her to take the next cause of action.…

…[1933] 2 K B I at p 9; that the development of fresh circumstances (as distinguished from a mere discoverey of fresh evidence on matters which have been open for controversy in the earlier proceedings), may found a new cause…

…of action based on adverse possession.…

…The 2nd defendant on the other hand has filed an application under order VI rule 13 of the Civil Procedure Rules for the plaintiffs suit to be struck out on the grounds that it discloses no reasonable cause of action against…

…According to rule 2 of order 53 before LN 164/92 no leave could be granted for an order of certiorari unless the application for leave is made not later than 6 months after the cause of action arose.…

…years had lapsed since the accident she was entitled to avail of section 4 (2) of the Limitation of Actions Act (cap 22): “An action founded on tort may not be brought after the end of three years from the date on which the cause…

…of action accrued.”…

…And though I do not think that the political rivalry between the applicants and the 2nd respondent gives the former any cause of action and locus standi, the applicants as I have already stated, have as rate payers, sufficient…

…This matter was never pleaded (as in my opinion it could have been) as an alternative cause of action, possibly joining the school as a co-defendant, but it was touched on in the course of the appeal, and it may therefore…

…Without either of such allegations the bald statement that the Defendant shot the plaintiff in unspecified circumstances with an unspecified weapon in my view disclose no cause of action.…

…Indeed, the Petitioner sues as the registered proprietor of the suit property and sets out the cause of action at paragraphs 9-11 of the Petition, as follows: “9.…

…In that case the learned judge held: “Dismissal under r 4 is absolute in that r 7(1) prohibits a fresh action being brought in respect of the same cause of action.…

…The appellant further contended that the respondent’s suit was bad in law and did not disclose a reasonable cause of action. 3.…

…What then is the cause of action shown by the plaintiff against the first defendant? Save that the first defendant is the substratum of the dispute, the said dispute is squarely between the two individuals.…

…They also stipulate that the award of an arbitration is to be a condition precedent to the enforcement of any rights under the contract; so that a party has no cause of action in respect of a claim falling within the clause…

…The plaint dated 18th August, 1995 discloses no cause of action against the defendants. It cannot survive the application. It is struck out with no orders as to costs. Orders accordingly.…

…However, in my view the cause of action inrelation to this aspect could only accrue to the plaintiff'sprevious employer who would have been entitled to the notice.Thus, it is impossible to see how the failure on the part…

…The plaint dated 18th August, 1995 discloses no cause of action against the defendants. It cannot survive the application. It is struck out with no orders as to costs. Orders accordingly.…

…King [1908] 2 KB 696 at 724:- “...........But in my opinion it is the duty of the plaintiff’s counsel, the duty which ought to be enforced by the judge, when he asks for an amendment which raises a fresh issue or a fresh cause…

…of action, to formulate and state in writing the exact amendment that he asks, in justice to the defendant, in order that he may know exactly the new case that he has to meet, and to the learned judge in order that he may…

…He verified the facts constituting the cause of action and stated his belief that there was no real defence to the claim.…