A court will, by analogy, apply a statutory limitation period if the remedy in equity, specific performance, is ‘correspondent to the remedy at law’ and where ‘the suit in equity corresponds with an action at law’. Lord Westbury said: ‘For where the remedy in Equity is correspondent to the remedy at Law, and the latter is subject to a limit in point of time by the statute of limitations a Court of Equity acts by analogy to the statute, and imposes on the remedy it affords the same limitation . . But if any proceedings in Equity be included within the words of the statute, there a Court of Equity, like a Court of Law, acts in obedience to the statute.’
Judges:
Lord Westbury
Citations:
(1872) LR 5 HL 656
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – DEG-Deutsche Investitions und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH v Koshy and Other (No 3); Gwembe Valley Development Co Ltd (in receivership) v Same (No 3) CA 28-Jul-2003
The company sought to recover damages from a director who had acted dishonestly, by concealing a financial interest in a different company which had made loans to the claimant company. He replied that the claim was out of time. At first instance the . .
Cited – P and O Nedlloyd Bv v Arab Metals Co and others CA 13-Dec-2006
An order for specific performance had been refused in a disputed contract for carriage. The claimant argued that normal limitation periods should not be applied by analogy.
Held: Because there was no corresponding legal remedy the remedy in . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Limitation, Equity
Updated: 29 April 2022; Ref: scu.187429
