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Haward v Fawcetts

[2006] UKHL 9
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
Year2006
Statusunclear

Key Principle

Constructive knowledge arises when a claimant has sufficient facts to start investigating the possibility of a claim, even if the full legal significance is unclear.

Area of Law

Civil Procedure — limitation

Related Cases

A v Hoare [2008] UKHL 6
Nykredit Mortgage Bank plc v Edward Erdman Group Ltd (No 2) [1997] 1 WLR 1627
Cartledge v E Jopling & Sons Ltd [1963] AC 758

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