Bermuda civil and statutory proceedings
How does disability affect Bermuda limitation periods?
Generally six years, but three years for specified injury and fatal actions. Establish and commence the correctly classified action within its applicable statutory period. Disability must exist at accrual. Prior accrual to a person without disability, successive disabilities and the thirty-year land restriction limit the extension.
- Period
- Generally six years, but three years for specified injury and fatal actions
- Trigger
- Cessation of that disability or death, whichever first occurs
- Rule
- Limitation Act 1984 (1984:54), section 29(1), (4) and (5)
Limitation Act 1984 (1984:54), section 29(1), (4) and (5). Official consolidated body retrieved October 10, 2026. Bermuda Laws Online states laws amended through August 11, 2026.
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Disability must exist at accrual. Prior accrual to a person without disability, successive disabilities and the thirty-year land restriction limit the extension. Establish cessation of that disability or death, whichever first occurs and the actual completion required to establish and commence the correctly classified action within its applicable statutory period.
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How does disability affect Bermuda limitation periods?
Generally six years, but three years for specified injury and fatal actions. Establish and commence the correctly classified action within its applicable statutory period. Disability must exist at accrual. Prior accrual to a person without disability, successive disabilities and the thirty-year land restriction limit the extension.
Responsible actor. Person under statutory disability when the right accrued.
Cessation of that disability or death, whichever first occurs.
Disability must exist at accrual. Prior accrual to a person without disability, successive disabilities and the thirty-year land restriction limit the extension.
Disability must exist at accrual. Prior accrual to a person without disability, successive disabilities and the thirty-year land restriction limit the extension.
Limitation Act 1984 (1984:54), section 29(1), (4) and (5)How does this provision count time?
- Establish cessation of that disability or death, whichever first occurs.
- Establish and commence the correctly classified action within its applicable statutory period.
- Identify disability under section 2 and the first cessation-or-death event. Section 29(5) substitutes three years for sections 12 and 13(2) actions.
- The disability extension remains subject to the shorter injury period and land outer restriction. Establish those actual conditions before relying on any carried completion day.
Identify disability under section 2 and the first cessation-or-death event. Section 29(5) substitutes three years for sections 12 and 13(2) actions.
The disability extension remains subject to the shorter injury period and land outer restriction. Establish those actual conditions before relying on any carried completion day.
Limitation Act 1984 (1984:54), section 29(1), (4) and (5)Which facts prevent one automatic date?
Disability must exist at accrual. Prior accrual to a person without disability, successive disabilities and the thirty-year land restriction limit the extension. Establish cessation of that disability or death, whichever first occurs and the actual completion required to establish and commence the correctly classified action within its applicable statutory period.
Person under statutory disability when the right accrued establishes cessation of that disability or death, whichever first occurs. Identify disability under section 2 and the first cessation-or-death event. Section 29(5) substitutes three years for sections 12 and 13(2) actions. Generally six years, but three years for specified injury and fatal actions. Establish and commence the correctly classified action within its applicable statutory period. Establish actual completion before calculating a final date.
A proposed boundary intersects a closure or holiday while the party seeks to establish and commence the correctly classified action within its applicable statutory period. The disability extension remains subject to the shorter injury period and land outer restriction. Establish those actual conditions before relying on any carried completion day. Establish the applicable computation and completion rule. No assumed carried date is supplied.
The action concerns land and the ordinary disability extension would exceed thirty years from accrual. Disability must exist at accrual. Prior accrual to a person without disability, successive disabilities and the thirty-year land restriction limit the extension. Resolve the changed source branch and required act. The nominal period alone does not establish this scenario.
Which conditions and exceptions apply?
- Actual procedure and branch
- Disability must exist at accrual. Prior accrual to a person without disability, successive disabilities and the thirty-year land restriction limit the extension.
- Count and complete the actual act
- Identify disability under section 2 and the first cessation-or-death event. Section 29(5) substitutes three years for sections 12 and 13(2) actions. The disability extension remains subject to the shorter injury period and land outer restriction. Establish those actual conditions before relying on any carried completion day.
- Actor and required completion
- Person under statutory disability when the right accrued. Establish and commence the correctly classified action within its applicable statutory period.
- Disability must exist at accrual. Prior accrual to a person without disability, successive disabilities and the thirty-year land restriction limit the extension.
- Person under statutory disability when the right accrued. Cessation of that disability or death, whichever first occurs. Establish and commence the correctly classified action within its applicable statutory period. Disability must exist at accrual. Prior accrual to a person without disability, successive disabilities and the thirty-year land restriction limit the extension.
What must the responsible actor complete?
Questions about this procedure
How does disability affect Bermuda limitation periods?
Must disability exist when the right accrues?
Yes. Section 29(1) imposes that condition.
Limitation Act 1984 (1984:54), section 29(1), (4) and (5)What ends the relevant disability interval?
Cessation of disability or death, whichever first occurs.
Limitation Act 1984 (1984:54), section 29(1), (4) and (5)Does every action receive six additional years?
No. Section 29(5) substitutes three years for its specified injury and fatal actions.
Limitation Act 1984 (1984:54), section 29(1), (4) and (5)Can a disabled successor receive a new extension?
Subsections (2) and (3) restrict prior and successive disability branches.
Limitation Act 1984 (1984:54), section 29(1), (4) and (5)Is land recovery subject to an outer restriction?
Yes. Subsection (4) imposes thirty years from the relevant accrual for its specified actions.
Limitation Act 1984 (1984:54), section 29(1), (4) and (5)What defines disability?
Section 2(2) and (3) define the applicable infancy and unsound-mind branches.
Limitation Act 1984 (1984:54), section 29(1), (4) and (5)Official sources and review
Provisions used (3)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Limitation Act 1984 (1984:54), section 29(1), (4) and (5) | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Sections 2, 3 and 29–34; applicable exclusions and special provisions | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Interpretation Act 1951, applicable interpretation and time provisions | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |