 The main problem with the Act was whether or not the claimant had to know he had a method of action or not for the standard limitation period to apply.The House of Lords had an opportunity to resolve this in "Central Asbestos Co Ltd v Dodd" but "failed spectacularly", making a decision so confused that the Court of Appeal in "Harper and others v National Coal Board" said they could not actually find a "ratio decidendi" anywhere in the House of Lords' opinion.The Act also suffered from drafting problems - in "Central Asbestos" Lord Reid described it as having "a strong claim to the distinction of being the worst drafted Act on the statute book".