NEWTON v. CAMMELL LAIRD & CO (SHIPBUILDERS AND ENGINEERS) LTD.

Abstract

January 21, 1969 Limitation of action — Personal injuries — Extension of time — Industrial disease — Knowledge after 10 years of injury caused by work with asbestos — Death from asbestosis eight months later — Whether constructive knowledge of attributability of injury to fault of former employer — Whether reasonable for dying man to seek legal advice — Limitation Act, 1963 (c.47) ss.l(l) (2) (3), 7(3) (4) (5) (8).

Citation

Denning, M.R., Davies, L.J. and Widgery, L.J. (1969), "NEWTON v. CAMMELL LAIRD & CO (SHIPBUILDERS AND ENGINEERS) LTD.", Managerial Law, Vol. 6 No. 4, pp. 195-203. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb021681