The Court of Appeal dismissed both the applicant's application for leave to appeal and the DPP's cross-appeal from interlocutory orders striking out and dismissing various claims. The Court held that claims arising from events occurring more than three years (for personal injury under Pt 2 Div 6 of the Limitation Act 1969) or six years (under s 14) before commencement of proceedings were statute barred, and that re-litigating claims already the subject of existing proceedings constituted an abuse of process. The Court expressly left open the question whether the DPP owes a duty of care to a crime victim in relation to the prosecution of the perpetrator, holding that the primary judge's decision to grant one further opportunity to re-plead that claim did not involve error of principle warranting appellate intervention.
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