“…rred in April 1970, and that therefore the claim was statute barred. They relied on the decision of the House of Lords in Cartledge v E. Jopling & Sons Limited [1963] A.C. 758. The employers argued that the cause of action did not accrue until the damage was discovered or ought with reasonable diligence to have been discovered, and t…”
“…, even though that was before the date of discoverability. I am respectfully in agreement with Lord Reid's view expressed in Cartledge v. E.Jopling & Sons Ltd. [1963] A.C. 758, that such a result appears to be unreasonable and contrary to principle, but I think the law is now so firmly established that only Parliament can alter it.”…”