SHELDON AND OTHERS V R H M OUTHWAITE (UNDERWRITING AGENCIES) LTD AND OTHERS

(1994) 3 Re LR 57

Queen’s Bench Division

Before Mr Justice Saville

Limitation - Lloyd’s litigation - Actions by names against underwriting agents - Defence of limitation pleaded - Reply by names alleging deliberate concealment - Application by underwriting agents to strike out reply - Wrongdoing followed by deliberate concealment - Whether ordinary time limit extended or excluded so that period ran from date when concealment was or ought to have been discovered.