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001			ABS38689
008			090401t1988 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
035			_a(Sirsi) u11973
041			_aeng
245			_aKetteman and others v Hansel Properties Ltd
260			_c1988
350			_a0
490			_aAll England Law Reports _v(1988) 1 ALL ER 38-64(27)
520			_aHL 22 January 1987. An appeal by the architects, Jamieson Green Associates (J) was dismissed in the HL from a CA decision that an action against them by plaintiff house owners (K) was time-barred. In 1975 K purchased homes from the first defendants who had built them in accordance with plans prepared by the third defendants J. Subsequently the houses showed signs of structural damage. (For the facts of the case see Abstract 33574). At issue in the HL were the following points; 1) when the plaintiff`s cause of action accrued and whether the houses were " doomed from the start ", 2) what the date of joinder of the architects as defendants was, 3) whether the joinder related to the date when the writ was originally issued against the builders, and 4) whether the architects should have been granted leave to amend their defence to plead their late joinder. It was held, affirming the CA decision, that the six year period in which to start proceedings in respect of a house built with latent
650			_aNEGLIGENCE
650			_aSTATUTE-BARRED
690			_aBUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION-CASE LAW
942			_n0
948			_c04/03/1997
999			_c7653 _d7653