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Appleby v Walsall Health Authority

[1999] Lloyd's Rep Med 154

QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION

and Mr Justice POPPLEWELL

Limitation — Plaintiff suffering hypoxic brain damage at birth — Claim for medical negligence commenced over 25 years after birth — Plaintiff's constructive knowledge — Whether mother's actual knowledge imputed to plaintiff on reaching majority — Exercise of discretion under section 33 of the Limitation Act 1980

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