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High Court directs a modular trial to determine whether the plaintiff's claims regarding historic prison conditions and inadequate mental health care are barred by the statute of limitations, on the grounds that resolving the delay point separately could save time and costs, and if decided in the defendants' favor, would be dispositive of the proceedings without prejudice to the plaintiff.
Modular trial - statute of limitations - historic prison conditions - "slopping out" regime - mental health care - delay point - unsound mind - Statute of Limitations 1957 - Statute of Limitations (Amendment) Act 1991 - European Convention on Human Rights Act 2003 - Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 - preliminary objections - personal injuries - limitation period extension - procedural mechanisms - inherent jurisdiction - Rules of the Superior Courts (Order 36, rule 9(1)) - legal costs.
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