Section 127: Fair trial – Length of time since the date of the accident—A first suit
consolidated text (as at 2017). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
127. Fair trial – Length of time since the date of the accident—A first suit
by the plaintiff to claim damages for injuries sustained in a road accident in
1971 was, in 1977, struck out at his request. A second statement of claim
was lodged in 1984.
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HELD the circumstances were such that no fair trial could ensue; the defendants could be prejudiced in the conduct of their cases. Bundhoo v
Bhugoo (1995).