GD Searle & Co v Gunn - [1996] 2 NZLR 129

Practice and procedure — Limitation of proceedings — Personal injury claims — When a cause of action in negligence seeking damages for personal injury accrues — Observations as to whether a plaintiff has to address a possible limitation issue before it is formally pleaded by a defendant — Limitation Act 1950, s 4(7).

Practice and procedure — Statement of claim — Personal injury claim — Master statement of claim designed to apply to a number of plaintiffs suffering same loss or injury from same cause — Observation as to whether master statement of claim procedure appropriate.