Ayr v St Andrew’s Ambulance Association: SCS 22 Dec 1917

An ambulance association, incorporated by royal charter, sued for damages in respect of injuries sustained through the alleged negligence of one of its servants, pleaded the time limit contained in section 1 of the Public Authorities Protection Act 1893. There was no averment that the Association was exercising an authority or discharging a public duty imposed upon it. Held ( aff. judgment of Lord Cullen) that the Act did not apply.
[1917] SLR 160
Bailii
Scotland

Updated: 29 July 2021; Ref: scu.616845