When is the deadline for fatal accident claims under the torts (reform) act?
The catalogue records a 36 months period from The later of the date of death and the date of knowledge of the person for whose benefit the action is brought. This draft page remains free only until its source, worked example and limits are reviewed.
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- Period
- 36 months
- Trigger
- The later of the date of death and the date of knowledge of the person for whose benefit the action is brought
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- Threshold condition in section 16(1): no action lies at all if the death occurred when the injured person could no longer have maintained an action. Where there are several dependants, section 17(1) requires the date of knowledge limb to be applied separately to each, and section 17(2) requires the Court to exclude any dependant who is out of time, subject to section 17(3). Sec