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laches: a standalone construct

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laches1 CONSTRUCTLachesDOBBS · 1993

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Equity

Unreasonable delay that bars equitable relief

In equity, laches is the doctrine that a person who delays unreasonably in asserting a right, to the prejudice of the other party, may be barred from equitable relief even if a statutory limitation period has not yet run; equity, the maxim goes, aids the vigilant, not those who sleep on their rights. Dobbs's Law of remedies explains laches as a flexible, fact-sensitive bar turning on both the length of the delay and the resulting unfairness, distinct from the fixed clock of a statute of limitations. The referent is an equitable defence based on prejudicial delay, assessed case by case, with no application outside law.[1]

Unit
Whether unreasonable, prejudicial delay should bar equitable relief
Recovery means
Not applicable
Measured by
Weighed by the length of the claimant's delay and the prejudice that delay caused the other party

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References

  1. Dobbs, D. B. (1993). Law of remedies: Damages, equity, restitution. West Publishing. ISBN 9780314011237

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