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| The piece of UK legislation dealing with limitations on legal claims under {{tag|contract}}s, {{tag|tort}} and so on.
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| *'''Tort''': An action founded on tort shall not be brought after the expiration of six years from the date on which the cause of action accrued: Section 2.
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| *'''Contract''': Claims on a simple contract are limited to 6 years from the date the [[cause of action]] accrued: Section 5.
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| Lots of good fun, particularly in the area of latent defects in the construction of houses, for forensic examination of precisely when a cause of action accrues, of course.
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| ===See also===
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| *[http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/58 Text of the Limitation Act]
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