SMITH AND OTHERS v. CENTRAL ASBESTOS COMPANY LTD. AND ANOTHER

[1971] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 151

COURT OF APPEAL

Before Lord Denning, M.R., Lord Justice Edmund Davies and Lord Justice Stamp

Limitation of action-Asbestosis-Claim by mill workers against employers for causing asbestosis-Whether action statute-barred- Actual or constructive knowledge of "material facts" of "decisive character"-Asbestos Industry Regulations, 1931-Limitation Act, 1963, sects. 1 (3), 7 (3), (4), (8). Damages - Personal injuries - Quantum - Asbestosis - Loss of amenities of life. Damages - Severance of items of damage - Overlapping.