North Essex District Health Authority v Spargo

[1997] LS Law Med 125

COURT OF APPEAL

Lord Justice NOURSE, Lord Justice BROOKE, and Lord Justice WALLER

Limitation — Knowledge — “Attributable” — Misdiagnosis — Expert confirmation — Plaintiff released from compulsory admission to mental hospital in November 1981 — Cause of action accruing by time of release — Writ issued 12 years later — Whether plaintiff knew that injury was attributable to act or omission alleged to constitute negligence, nuisance or breach of duty