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Issue of significance of injury re Limitation Act

The question whether an injury was “significant” for the purposes of s 14(2) of the Limitation Act 1980 had to be decided by reference to the seriousness of the injury and not by reference to its effect, let alone its subjectively perceived effect, on the claimant’s life or career.

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