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Liability Risk and Insurance

Second action and limitation periods

Where a claimant brought a second action against the same defendant, following the dismissal of a previous action, the court was not precluded from exercising its discretion under s 33 of the Limitation Act 1980 to disapply the limitation period in respect of the second action provided that the first action had itself been brought outside the limitation period.

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