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When is the deadline for fatal accident claims?

The catalogue records a 36 months period from Death of the deceased person. This draft page remains free only until its source, worked example and limits are reviewed.

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Period
36 months
Trigger
Death of the deceased person
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  • Absolute in form ("No action shall lie") with no statutory discretion to extend, unlike section 33 of the English Limitation Act 1980. The trigger is the date of death, not the date of the injury or of knowledge. Because a period of prescription is provided by this enactment, Article 2(4) of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Jersey) Law 1960 disapplies the general thre

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