When is the deadline for restart of a limitation period on written acknowledgment?
The catalogue records a 2 years period from Time of the acknowledgment, being a written acknowledgment of the right, title, liability or obligation to which the claim relates, given by the defendant or the defendant's agent before the expiry of the relevant limitation period. This draft page remains free only until its source, worked example and limits are reviewed.
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Calculation basis and source
- Period
- 2 years
- Trigger
- Time of the acknowledgment, being a written acknowledgment of the right, title, liability or obligation to which the claim relates, given by the defendant or the defendant's agent before the expiry of the relevant limitation period
- Counting
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- Rollovers and holidays
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- None; the restart is automatic where the statutory conditions are met.
- The period that begins again is 'the relevant limitation period established by this Act', so the value of 2 years encoded here assumes the general s 5(1)(a) period. Section 19(2): the acknowledgment must be in writing and made by the defendant or the defendant's agent to the claimant, the claimant's agent, or an official receiver or trustee under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada). Section 19(3): an admission in correspondence about resolving a claim is NOT an acknowledgment if the correspondence is marked without prejudice or reserves the limitation defence.