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Libyan Investment Authority v King

Libyan Investment Authority v King [2020] EWCA Civ 1690; [2021] 1 WLR 2659
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)
Year2021
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

The court has no power to permit amendment to introduce a new cause of action after expiry of the limitation period unless the new claim arises out of substantially the same facts as a claim already in issue; where the existing particulars have themselves been struck out, there is no live claim against which the new claim can be said to arise out of the same facts.

Area of Law

General

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