Limitation periods - when does the clock start?

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Limitation periods - when does the clock start?

Roose v Duthie [2016] NZCA 600

This case provides a distinction between loss in a "flawed transaction" and loss in a "no transaction" in the context of sale and purchase of property.

The Court of Appeal also makes it clear that the subsequent discovery of fraud can be used to justify postponing the start of the limitation period in an existing cause of action.

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No limitation of liability for bulk cargo under the Hague Rules

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No limitation of liability for bulk cargo under the Hague Rules

Vinnlustodin HF v Sea Tank Shipping AS [2016] EWHC 2514 (Comm) (The Aqasia)

A recent decision of the Commercial Court in the UK has settled a decades-long dispute as to whether the term "unit" in Article IV Rule 5 of the Hague Rules can be read as including units of measurement.

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