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Time limit checker

A free, plain-English check against the Limitation Act 1980 — the 3-year rule, date of knowledge, children, capacity and fatal claims.

Check the limitation position on your claim

Most UK medical negligence claims must be issued at court within three years of the negligence (s.11) or the patient's date of knowledge that they had been harmed by substandard care (s.14). Different rules apply for children, those who lack mental capacity and fatal claims.