30 Sept 2009
SOVEREIGN ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED V D N SCOTT HC ROT CIV 2008-463-909
- Citation
- openlaw-cc1bc86b_5d3b_4208_90cb_2cf87dd84310.pdf
- Court
- High Court
The Court held the cause of action accrued on the date of the insured event (the stroke of 1 January 1997); limitation under Limitation Act 1950 s4(1) therefore began to run then and the claim, commenced more than six years later, is statute‑barred. The estoppel/Ombudsman referral argument failed because the limitation period had already expired.