HIGHAM v. STENA SEALINK LTD.

[1996] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 26

COURT OF APPEAL

Before Lord Justice Hirst and Lord Justice Pill

Practice - Limitation of time - Personal injury - Plaintiff injured on defendants’ ferry - Action for negligence and breach of statutory duty brought over two years later - Plaintiff’s claim issued outside time limit laid down in Athens Convention - Whether plaintiff could rely on s. 33 of the Limitation Act, 1980 - Whether s. 39 excluded application of 1980 Act to the Convention.