Damages time-barred after 20 years

Damages time-barred after 20 years - 1990 - Scotsman 28/2/90 p8 .

In Beard v Beveridge, Herd and Sandilands Court of Session Outer House 9 February 1990 it was held that a claim for damages against a solicitor who negligently drafted a lease with the result that the rent review was unenforceable, was time-barred as the action had been executed over twenty years ago.


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PRESCRIPTION AND LIMITATION SCOTLAND ACT 1973
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