Pearse v Attorney-General - [1961] NZLR 196

Limitation of actions — Action against Crown and public and local authorities — No notice of intention to bring action — Effect of investigation under Coal Mines Act — Changes of front on part of plaintiff — Court's power to grant leave conditional on abandonment of late allegations of negligence — Inaction of solicitor — Relevant to question whether plaintiff has slept on his rights — Limitation Act 1950, s. 23 (2).