[
{
"claimType": "contract",
"years": 6,
"fromKnowledge": false,
"section": "s.5",
"note": "Actions founded on simple contract: six years from accrual",
"validFrom": "1981-05-01",
"validTo": null
},
{
"claimType": "tort",
"years": 6,
"fromKnowledge": false,
"section": "s.2",
"note": "Actions founded on tort: six years from accrual (not personal injury, defamation or latent damage)",
"validFrom": "1981-05-01",
"validTo": null
},
{
"claimType": "personal-injury",
"years": 3,
"fromKnowledge": true,
"section": "s.11(4)",
"note": "Personal injuries: three years from accrual or the injured person's date of knowledge, if later",
"validFrom": "1981-05-01",
"validTo": null
},
{
"claimType": "fatal-accident",
"years": 3,
"fromKnowledge": true,
"section": "s.12(2)",
"note": "Fatal Accidents Act 1976: three years from the date of death or the dependant's date of knowledge, if later",
"validFrom": "1981-05-01",
"validTo": null
},
{
"claimType": "defamation",
"years": 1,
"fromKnowledge": false,
"section": "s.4A",
"note": "Libel or slander: one year from accrual, as substituted by the Defamation Act 1996 s.5 for causes of action accruing from 4 September 1996",
"validFrom": "1996-09-04",
"validTo": null
},
{
"claimType": "malicious-falsehood",
"years": 1,
"fromKnowledge": false,
"section": "s.4A",
"note": "Slander of title, slander of goods or other malicious falsehood: one year from accrual (Defamation Act 1996 s.5)",
"validFrom": "1996-09-04",
"validTo": null
},
{
"claimType": "deed",
"years": 12,
"fromKnowledge": false,
"section": "s.8(1)",
"note": "Actions upon a specialty (a deed): twelve years from accrual",
"validFrom": "1981-05-01",
"validTo": null
},
{
"claimType": "statute-sum",
"years": 6,
"fromKnowledge": false,
"section": "s.9(1)",
"note": "Sums recoverable by statute: six years from accrual",
"validFrom": "1981-05-01",
"validTo": null
},
{
"claimType": "contribution",
"years": 2,
"fromKnowledge": false,
"section": "s.10(1)",
"note": "Contribution under the Civil Liability (Contribution) Act 1978: two years from the date the right accrued (s.10(3)-(4): judgment, award or agreement)",
"validFrom": "1981-05-01",
"validTo": null
},
{
"claimType": "recovery-of-land",
"years": 12,
"fromKnowledge": false,
"section": "s.15(1)",
"note": "Recovery of land: twelve years from the date the right of action accrued",
"validFrom": "1981-05-01",
"validTo": null
},
{
"claimType": "rent-arrears",
"years": 6,
"fromKnowledge": false,
"section": "s.19",
"note": "Arrears of rent: six years from the date the arrears became due",
"validFrom": "1981-05-01",
"validTo": null
},
{
"claimType": "mortgage-principal",
"years": 12,
"fromKnowledge": false,
"section": "s.20(1)",
"note": "Principal secured by a mortgage or charge, or proceeds of sale of land: twelve years from the date the right to receive the money accrued",
"validFrom": "1981-05-01",
"validTo": null
},
{
"claimType": "mortgage-interest",
"years": 6,
"fromKnowledge": false,
"section": "s.20(5)",
"note": "Arrears of interest on a mortgage or charge: six years from the date the interest became due",
"validFrom": "1981-05-01",
"validTo": null
},
{
"claimType": "judgment",
"years": 6,
"fromKnowledge": false,
"section": "s.24(1)",
"note": "An action upon a judgment: six years from the date the judgment became enforceable",
"validFrom": "1981-05-01",
"validTo": null
},
{
"claimType": "judgment-interest",
"years": 6,
"fromKnowledge": false,
"section": "s.24(2)",
"note": "Arrears of interest on a judgment debt: six years from the date the interest became due",
"validFrom": "1981-05-01",
"validTo": null
}
]