Source:	All England Reporter
Publisher Citation:	[1999] All ER (D) 1522
Court:	Court of Appeal, Civil Division
Judge:	Morritt LJ and Wilson J
Representation	Matthew Caswell (instructed by Lester Morrill, Leeds) for the claimant.
	Spike Charlwood (instructed by Beachcroft Wansbroughs, Leeds) for the defendants.
Judgment Dates:	9 July 1999

Catchwords

Limitation of action - Concealment of right of action - Breach of duty - Defendant solicitors raising limitation defence in action for negligence - Claimant relying on statutory provision postponing limitation period where defendant had concealed from claimant any fact relevant to his right of action - Statute providing that deliberate breach of duty amounting to concealment if claimant unlikely to discover it for some time - Whether person committing deliberate act of concealment required to be aware of its legal consequences - s 32(1)(b), (2).

The Case

Practice Areas

• Dispute Resolution
• Personal Injury

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