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The 1975 Act: The clock is ticking… or is it?
William East reviews two recent cases on out-of-time 1975 Act claims with different outcomes ‘The decision that “excusable delay” should be for “weeks or, at most, months”, absent “highly exceptional factors”, begs the question of what those factors might be and whether this sets the bar too high given the shortness of the initial time …
Cases Referenced
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- Berger v Berger [2013] EWCA Civ 1305; [2014] WTLR 35 CA
- Bhusate v Patel [2019] EWHC 470 (Ch); [2019] WTLR 393 ChD
- Cowan v Cowan [2001] EWCA Civ 679
- Cowan v Foreman [2019] EWHC 349 (Fam), [2019] WTLR 441 Fam
- Denton & ors v TH White Ltd & ors [2014] EWCA Civ 906
- Nesheim v Kosa [2007] WTLR 149
- Re Salmon [1981] Ch 167