When is the deadline for limitation - contribution between tortfeasors (4-year limb)?
The catalogue records a 4 years period from The date of the expiration of the limitation period for the principal action. This draft page remains free only until its source, worked example and limits are reviewed.
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- Period
- 4 years
- Trigger
- The date of the expiration of the limitation period for the principal action
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- Limitation Act 1981 (NT) s 44, on the s 44(3)(b) gateways.
- "The limitation period for the principal action" means the period prescribed by the Limitation Act or by any other enactment, including an enactment repealed or omitted by the Act, for the action for the liability in respect of which contribution is sought (s 24(3)). The contribution claim is barred on the first of this limb and the s 24(1)(a) 2-year limb to expire, so both must be computed and the earlier taken.