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Definition of limitation of action
Documents to be examined in order to determine whether or not a plaintiff's suit is statute-barred
Effect of a challenge on the competence of an action on the basis of limitation of action
Effect of an action commenced after the prescribed limitation period
Effect of commencing an action outside the limitation period
Effect of ignorance of limitation provision
Effect of successfully raising the defence of limitation
Factors for determining whether an action is determined by a statute of limitation
General principles
General principles on limitation of action
How a defendant can raise the defence of limitation in an action commenced by originating summons
How the court resolves the issue of limitation of action
How the issue of limitation must be raised
How the period of limitation is determined
How to determine whether the claim of a plaintiff is caught by the limitation statute
Materials to be considered in the computation of the period of limitation
Position of the law on the limitation of action where the Act creating a public corporation does not have a limitation of action clause
Procedure for raising the issue of limitation of action in court
Proper approach to considering the issue of limitation of action where issues have been joined by the parties
Reason for Limitation Law
Relationship between limitation of action and jurisdiction
The principle that a claimant who fails to bring his action within the prescribed period of time cannot be heard by the court
The purpose of limitation period
The rule that in determining the period of limitation, the court should rely only on the writ of summons and the statement of claim
The rule that it is the action that is barred after the statutory period
The rule that limitation must be specifically pleaded
The rule that time begins to run from the accrual of the cause of action
Time for bringing an action
Time to institute a claim for unallotted shares
What constitutes fraudulent concealment under the limitation law
What period of limitation connotes
When the issue of limitation of action can be raised?
When the limitation period begins to run in a cause of action founded on an arbitral award
Whether a plea of limitation applies in a situation of continuing trespass
Whether a plea of limitation applies in a situation where the person occupying the land is a tenant
Whether a plea of limitation is a jurisdictional issue
Whether a suit commenced after the expiration of the time stipulated in the law can be said to have been commenced by due process
Whether an appeal can be entertained where there is a statutory limitation on the exercise of jurisdiction by the court
Whether an issue of limitation once raised should be addressed first by the court
Whether evidence can be used to determine whether a suit is statute barred
Whether extinguishment and statutory bar are the same things
Whether it is possible to determine whether a matter is statute barred where no cause of action has arisen
Whether limitation of action is a jurisdictional issue that can be raised at any time
Whether the applicability of a limitation law can be waived
Whether the court can determine the issue of limitation based on a date pleaded by the defendant
Whether the court has discretion in determining whether an action is caught by the statute of limitation
Whether the defendant can compute the time of accrual of the cause of action from the date pleaded in his statement of defence as the date the cause of action arose
Whether the issue of limitation can be raised at any stage in the proceedings without being pleaded
Whether the issue of limitation of action would be determined where it is not specifically pleaded
Whether the issue of limitation of action would be determined where it is not specifically pleaded
Whether the plea of limitation can be raised at any time
Whether the statement of defence can be considered in determining whether a claim is statute-barred
Whether the statute of limitation applies to chieftaincy matters
Whether there is a time bar to bringing an action where there is evidence of concealed fraud
Whether time ceases to run when the plaintiff commences legal proceedings in respect of a cause of action
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