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Contract law [1999] UR 163

1999/163 - Boyd v Pickersgill and Le Cornu

1999/163 - Boyd v Pickersgill and Le Cornu [1999] UR 163 (30 September 1999)

The Court of Appeal held that a solicitor’s alleged failure to advise on licitation could, in principle, suspend prescription in contract if the client was under a practical impossibility to sue.

  • Prescription
  • Limitation periods
  • Suspension of limitation
  • Professional negligence by lawyers
  • Breach of contract
  • Professional-negligence
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Limitation of actions [1998] JLR 305

Boyd v Pickersgill & Le Cornu

Boyd v Pickersgill & Le Cornu [1998] JLR 305 (06 August 1998)

The court held that mere ignorance of a cause of action does not suspend limitation; suspension requires practical impossibility of bringing the claim in time.

  • Running of time
  • Suspension of limitation
  • EmpĂŞchement de fait
  • Prescription
  • Limitation-of-actions
  • Running-of-time
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