Read the full judgment text of CACV 000012/1986 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment.
1. This is the judgment of the Court on an appeal from an order of Mayo J., made on 16th January 1986, upholding an earlier order of the Registrar that the instant action be dismissed for want of prosecution. Typically in such a context two factors have dominated the argument namely whether or not the plaintiffs' cause or causes of action is or are time-barred and whether or not their delay has given rise to serious prejudice to the defendants, If not time-barred or if the defendants have shown