Limitation Training

Taken from the contents of the accompanying manual.

Limitation Course

  1. Introduction
  2. No Limitation at Common Law
  3. Limitation and Prescription
  4. Burden and standard of proof
  5. Pleading
  6. Following steps
  7. Strike out
  8. Preliminary issue
  9. Trial
  10. Calculating time
  11. Date of commencement of proceedings
  12. Date on which cause of action accrues

Contract claims

  1. Introduction
  2. Time period - specialties
  3. Time period - simple contracts
  4. Accrual of cause of action in contract – Once and for all breaches
  5. Contracts for the sale of goods
  6. Anticipatory breach
  7. Loans
  8. Bank accounts
  9. Guarantees
  10. Accrual of cause of action in contract – Continuing breaches
  11. Part payment and acknowledgement
  12. Debt or other liquidated pecuniary claim
  13. Acknowledgement

Negligence claims

  1. Introduction
  2. Time period
  3. Accrual of cause of action in negligence
  4. What is damage?
  5. Negligence liability where there is no damage
  6. Professional negligence cases
  7. Execution of documents
  8. Negligent valuations
  9. Where defendant could avert the loss
  10. Scope of duty of care and damages
  11. Contingent losses

Latent Damage

  1. Introduction
  2. Comparison between personal injury and non-personal injury cases
  3. Latent damage provisions do not apply in contract
  4. Limitation periods
  5. Starting date
  6. The knowledge required for bringing an action for damages in respect of the relevant damage
  7. The other facts relevant to the current action
  8. Attributability
  9. Knowledge of the identity of tortfeasor
  10. A right to bring such an action
  11. Knowledge of legal characterisation irrelevant
  12. Constructive knowledge
  13. Long stop date
  14. Successive owners

Fraud, concealment and mistake

  1. Introduction
  2. The fraud of the defendant
  3. Concealment
  4. Mistake
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