Limitation Act 1980: Difference between revisions

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===[[Set-off]], Geoffrey Boycott’s grandmother and ''Der fliegende Holländer''===
===[[Set-off]], Geoffrey Boycott’s grandmother and ''Der fliegende Holländer''===
Curious coda: The [[Limitation Act]]’s limitation period may deprives you of your right to take ''legal action'' to recover a [[debt]], but doesn’t ''extinguish'' the debt itself. The limitation is on the remedy not the right.  
Curious coda: The [[Limitation Act]]’s limitation period may deprive you of your right to take ''legal action'' to recover a [[debt]], but doesn’t ''extinguish'' the debt itself. The limitation is on the ''remedy'' not the ''asset''.  


:''An action founded on [[simple contract]] shall not be brought after the expiration of six years from the date on which the [[cause of action]] accrued.''
:''An action founded on [[simple contract]] shall not be brought after the expiration of six years from the date on which the [[cause of action]] accrued.''