Swansea City Council v Glass
Language: English Series: Weekly Law Reports ; (1992) 3 WLR 123-130(8)Publication details: 1992Subject(s): Summary: 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.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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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.