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LIMITATION ACT 1985 - SECT 16B

Other claims for damages for personal injury

    (1)     This section applies to a cause of action for damages for personal injury other than a cause of action to which section 16 (Compensation to relatives) or section 16A applies.

    (2)     The cause of action is not maintainable if brought—

        (a)     if the injury is or includes a disease or disorder—3 years or more after the day the person injured first knows—

              (i)     that the person has suffered an injury that is or includes a disease or disorder; and

              (ii)     that the injury is related to someone else's act or omission; or

        (b)     in any other case—3 years or more after the day the injury happened.



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