Bek v Bel

• 1. Limitation of Actions
  2. › Extension of limitation period
  3. › Personal injuries
  4. › Material fact of decisive character
  5. › Whether guilty plea to criminal charge constitutes material fact relating to right of action
  6. › Whether evidence proving elements of cause of action can be material fact where plaintiff already knew underlying facts
  7. › Limitation of Actions Act 1974 (Qld), ss 30, 31
• 1. Limitation of Actions
  2. › Extension of limitation period
  3. › Personal injuries
  4. › Decisive character of material fact
  5. › Whether facts already known acquired decisive character upon guilty plea
  6. › Assessment of prospects of success in word-against-word case
  7. › Briginshaw standard
  8. › Limitation of Actions Act 1974 (Qld), ss 30(1)(b), 31(2)
• 1. Evidence
  2. › Admissibility of convictions in civil proceedings
  3. › Guilty plea as admission
  4. › Relevance to prospects of success in civil battery claim
  5. › Evidence Act 1977 (Qld), s 79
• 1. Tort
  2. › Trespass to the person
  3. › Battery
  4. › Sexual assault
  5. › Elements of cause of action
  6. › Standard of proof
  7. › Briginshaw standard

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