For a holder of a bill to waive or renounce his right under the bill, the same must be in writing. An oral agreement is not…

The fact that an employee has been notified of his pending retirement does not, on its own, constitute a bar to subsequent termination of his employment…

The entire proceedings before the Court of Appeal were a nullity because all members who heard the appeal and those who wrote the judgments were not…

The literal rule is the golden rule method of interpretation when words of a statute are plain and unambiguous. Such words should be given their ordinary…

Abandonment includes both the intention to abandon and the external act carrying that intention into effect. Intention is the first and paramount object of inquiry; there…

A defendant who had every opportunity to put his case and was given a full hearing cannot later seek an easy way of avoiding liability by…

In determining whether the plaintiff's action discloses any cause of action or its nature, the court restricts itself to the plaintiff's statement of claim without recourse…

In considering whether an action is statute-barred, the court must confine itself to averments in the writ of summons and statement of claim that allege the…

According to section 20 of the Actions Law, the right of action ceases to exist 6 years after the cause of action arose. By filing this…

A cause of action is the fact or facts which establish or give rise to a right of action. It is the factual situation which gives…

Cause of action has been defined as the fact or combination of facts which give rise to a right to sue. This definition has been followed…

As soon as the respondent discovered that his money which the appellant agreed to remit overseas was not remitted as agreed, his cause of action arose.…