Your claim must be started in Court within 3 years of the date of your medical accident. There are some specific circumstances which your solicitor will discuss with you.
If the injured person dies before the expiry of the appropriate three year period the proceedings have to be started in Court within three years of the date of death.
Different rules apply to children (those under the age of 18) and those of unsound mind (those incapable of managing and administering their property and affairs by reason of mental disorder). Children and persons of unsound mind are described as being “under a disability”. In the case of children, the three year period starts to run from their 18th birthday. In the case of a person of unsound mind, the case must be started in Court within 3 years of the date when that person ceased to be under a disability or died (whichever occurred first).