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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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