A New Limitation Act for the 21st Century

Peter Handford

A New Limitation Act for the 21st Century

UWA Law School

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Abstract

This article summarises and comments on the changes made in WesternAustralia by the Limitation Act 2005. 1t compares the provisions of thatAct with the previous law and the reforms recommended by the LawReform Commission of Western Australia in 1997. The previolls law wasbased on 19th centulJi models and had remained untouched by reformselsewhere. The 2005 changes have brought the law of limitation of actions in Western Australia into the 21st centUiy.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	387-414
Journal	The University of Western Australia Law Review
Volume	33
Issue number	2
Publication status	Published - 2007

Wyloo Metals Pty Ltd v Quarry Park Pty Ltd [2021] WASC 356
Peter Handford (Author)
2021
Activity: Industry and government engagement/consultancy › Citation in a court case
Lewis Securities (in liq) v Carter [2018] NSWCA 118, (2018) 334 FLR 9
Peter Handford (Author)
2018
Activity: Industry and government engagement/consultancy › Citation in a court case

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A New Limitation Act for the 21st Century

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Wyloo Metals Pty Ltd v Quarry Park Pty Ltd [2021] WASC 356

Lewis Securities (in liq) v Carter [2018] NSWCA 118, (2018) 334 FLR 9

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