Swansea City Council v Glass
Swansea City Council v Glass
- 1992
- Weekly Law Reports (1992) 3 WLR 123-130(8) .
CA 11 December 1991 Appeal by council (S) from a cc decision holding that S`s claim for expenses incurred by repairs to the plaintiff`s house was time-barred. A summons for payment was issued by S more than six years after completion of the works, but less than six years from the service of demands in May 1984. Held, dismissing the appeal, that where a local authority seeks to recover expenses in respect of notices to repair where the person in control has not complied with a notice, the authority`s cause of action accrues for the purposes of limitation of actions, when the work is completed, not when the written demand for reimbursement is served.
HOUSING ACT 1957
LIMITATION PERIOD
LOCAL AUTHORITIES
NOTICE TO REPAIR
REPAIRS
CA 11 December 1991 Appeal by council (S) from a cc decision holding that S`s claim for expenses incurred by repairs to the plaintiff`s house was time-barred. A summons for payment was issued by S more than six years after completion of the works, but less than six years from the service of demands in May 1984. Held, dismissing the appeal, that where a local authority seeks to recover expenses in respect of notices to repair where the person in control has not complied with a notice, the authority`s cause of action accrues for the purposes of limitation of actions, when the work is completed, not when the written demand for reimbursement is served.
HOUSING ACT 1957
LIMITATION PERIOD
LOCAL AUTHORITIES
NOTICE TO REPAIR
REPAIRS