When is the deadline for contribution and indemnity - start of the ultimate period?
The catalogue records a 15 years period from Day the first alleged wrongdoer is served with the claim in respect of which contribution and indemnity is sought, or incurs a liability through settlement of the claim. This draft page remains free only until its source, worked example and limits are reviewed.
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- Period
- 15 years
- Trigger
- Day the first alleged wrongdoer is served with the claim in respect of which contribution and indemnity is sought, or incurs a liability through settlement of the claim
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- Section 21(1) - extendable by agreement, not shortenable.
- Section 15 relocates the START of the FIFTEEN-YEAR ultimate period only - it says 'for the purpose of clause 8(1)(b)'. It does NOT fix the two-year discovery period, which continues to run from discovery under s 8(1)(a) and s 8(2) and will almost always be the operative constraint in practice. Do not present s 15 as giving a defendant fifteen years to claim over; test the two-year discovery limb as well and take the earlier.