What is a limitation period?
The personal injury and medical negligence team discusses the time limits that apply when bringing claims for catastrophic injuries and clinical negligence. This is known as the limitation period.
Limitation in medical negligence and catastrophic injury cases is a crucial deadline. It is the date by which the claim needs to be issued at court to stop the claim from being out of time. Limitation is always fact dependent and is one of the first things that your lawyer would try to pin point.
The starting point for limitation in most cases is 3 years from the date of incident, this is particularly true with for example a catastrophic road collision, where it will be clear from that day that the injuries are significant and have been caused by the incident. Unless there are other considerations the limitation will be the 3 year anniversary of that collision.
Exceptions to the standard limitation period
The following video details the exceptions to the standard limitation period:
So if think you may be anywhere near a limitation date it is worth seeking legal advice. Even if limitation is some time off, it is always better to approach a lawyer in plenty of time as the necessary investigations to establish whether there is a viable claim can take some time.
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