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Limitation of action – When time begins to run. The police constabulary had settled a claim for personal injury and sought a contribution from the local authority. The judge found that the contribution proceedings were statute barred under s 10(4) of the Limitation Act 1980 and dismissed the claim. The Court of Appeal, Civil Division, dismissed the constabulary's appeal on the basis that the case had fallen within s 10(4) of the Act, and not s 10(3) as the constabulary contended. On the correct interpretation of s 10(4), time had started to run from settlement of the damages, and not from settlement as to costs, with the result that the contribution proceedings had been statute barred.
Limitation of action – When time begins to run. The police constabulary had settled a claim for personal injury and sought a contribution from the local authority. The judge found that the contribution proceedings were statute barred under s 10(4) of the Limitation Act 1980 and dismissed the claim. The Court of Appeal, Civil Division, dismissed the constabulary's appeal on the basis that the case had fallen within s 10(4) of the Act, and not s 10(3) as the constabulary contended. On the correct interpretation of s 10(4), time had started to run from settlement of the damages, and not from settlement as to costs, with the result that the contribution proceedings had been statute barred.
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