McGee: Limitation Periods 9th edition with 1st Supplement | 2024*

McGee: Limitation Periods 9th edition with 1st Supplement | 2024 (Coming Soon)

**Expected delivery period: 14- 28 working days

Limitation Periods, authored by Professor Andrew McGee, is a highly regarded and definitive guide to the law of limitations, now in its ninth edition. This authoritative text provides practitioners with clear and detailed guidance on navigating the complexities of limitation law, covering all stages from preliminary issues to proceedings. It is designed to help initiate actions within the required timeframes and address delays that could result in cases being struck out. The book also addresses European and international limitation issues.

Key Features of the 9th Edition:

• Offers comprehensive guidance on time limitations across various areas of law, simplifying a notoriously complex subject with over 150 statutory time limits for different causes of action.
• Explains when time begins to run, the duration of limitation periods, and the consequences of expiry under different circumstances, enabling practitioners to effectively manage case timelines.
• Highlights options available even after the expiry of a limitation period and explores exceptions to the standard rules.
• Organized by topic, with separate chapters for distinct legal areas, such as the chapter on Disability, which covers the protections and rules for limitation periods applicable to individuals with disabilities.
• Addresses procedural aspects, including detailed chapters on Pleading Questions (covering when and how to plead limitation points, burden of proof, estoppel, and more) and Procedural Delays.
• Analyzes recent landmark cases, such as Test Claimants in the Franked Investment Income Group Litigation v Revenue and Customs Commissioners and Matthew v Sedman, with insights into their implications for future legal practice.
• Covers international and European limitation issues, incorporating updates following Brexit.

The 9th edition, published in July 2022, is supplemented by a First Supplement (July 2024), which updates the text with significant case law, including:

• Kekwick v Kekwick: The distinction between "action" and "proceeding."
• Boxxe Ltd v Secretary of State for Justice and Walton v Pickerings Solicitors: Calculating time and differentiating between issue and service.
• Lees v Kaye: Defining what constitutes "personal injury."
• Jalla v Shell and Honda Pension Trustees v Mercer Ltd: The concept of continuing torts.
• James v Scudamore: Considerations surrounding laches.

This expertly crafted resource continues to provide invaluable support to practitioners, saving time and ensuring compliance with the complexities of limitation law.

Contents of McGee: Limitation Periods 9th edition with 1st Supplement:

1. Definition, Background and Policy
2. The Running and Expiry of Time
3. The Relevance of the Remedy
4. Categorisation
5. Actions Founded on Tort
6. The Latent Damage Act 1986
7. The Consumer Protection Act 1987
8. Personal Injuries and Defamation
9. Judicial Review and Other Crown Proceedings
10. Accrual of Cause of Action in Contract
11. Actions to Recover Sums Due Under Statute
12. Personal Property
13. Real Property
14. Trustees and Personal Representatives
15. Contribution
16. Arbitration
17. Miscellaneous Cases
18. Acknowledgment and Part-payment
19. Disability
20. Fraud, Concealment and Mistake
21. Pleading Questions
22. Procedural Delays
23. Section 35
24. The Merchant Shipping Act 1995
25. The Foreign Limitation Periods Act 1984
26. The Carriage Statutes
27. Other Statutes
28. European Law