RULING
FACTS AND BACKGROUND TO THE APPLICATION
This Ruling is in respect of an Application brought by the Defendant/Applicant, by a Motion on Notice filed on 27th May 2025, pursuant to Order 11 Rule 18(1) of the High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, 2004 (C.I. 47) and Section 4 of the Limitation Act, 1972 (NRCD 54), seeking an order striking out the Plaintiff/Respondent’s Writ of Summons and Statement of Claim and dismissing the suit in its entirety on the grounds that the action is statute-barred and discloses no reasonable cause of action.
Case of the Defendant/Applicant
The application is supported by an affidavit together with exhibits attached thereto. The Applicant’s case, briefly stated, is that the Plaintiff/Respondent’s claim is founded on alleged defamatory acts said to have occurred in November 2018 and February 2019, and that having been commenced on 5th March 2025, the action was brought outside the six-year limitation period prescribed by law for actions founded …