A v Hoare; X and another v Wandsworth London Borough Council – WLR Daily

Posted February 1st, 2008 in damages, law reports, personal injuries, sexual offences, time limits by sally

A v Hoare; X and another v Wandsworth London Borough Council; C v Middlesborough Council; H v Suffolk County Council; Young v Catholic Care (Diocese of Leeds) [2008] UKHL 6; [2008] WLR (D) 20

“A claim for damages for personal injuries caused by a sexual assault fell within s 11 of the Limitation Act 1980, allowing a limitation period of three years from the date when the claimant first considered the injury sufficiently serious to justify proceedings and the possibility of an extension beyond that if it was equitable to do so.”

WLR Daily, 31st January 2008

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