Cayman civil and statutory proceedings
How is the Cayman latent negligence limitation period selected?
Later expiry of six years from accrual or three years from the section 14 starting date. Bring the action required by the applicable limitation provision. Section 14 excludes personal injury and is subject to the section 15 longstop. The starting date includes knowledge and a right to sue, including relevant predecessor knowledge.
- Period
- Later expiry of six years from accrual or three years from the section 14 starting date
- Trigger
- Accrual and the later statutory knowledge-and-right starting date
- Rule
- Limitation Act (1996 Revision), section 14(3)
Limitation Act (1996 Revision), section 14(3). Official current index and full primary bodies retained October 10, 2026.
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Section 14 excludes personal injury and is subject to the section 15 longstop. The starting date includes knowledge and a right to sue, including relevant predecessor knowledge. Establish accrual and the later statutory knowledge-and-right starting date and the actual completion required to bring the action required by the applicable limitation provision.
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How is the Cayman latent negligence limitation period selected?
Later expiry of six years from accrual or three years from the section 14 starting date. Bring the action required by the applicable limitation provision. Section 14 excludes personal injury and is subject to the section 15 longstop. The starting date includes knowledge and a right to sue, including relevant predecessor knowledge.
Responsible actor. Claimant in a qualifying non-personal-injury negligence action.
Accrual and the later statutory knowledge-and-right starting date.
Section 14 excludes personal injury and is subject to the section 15 longstop. The starting date includes knowledge and a right to sue, including relevant predecessor knowledge.
Section 14 excludes personal injury and is subject to the section 15 longstop. The starting date includes knowledge and a right to sue, including relevant predecessor knowledge.
Limitation Act (1996 Revision), section 14(3)How does this provision count time?
- Establish accrual and the later statutory knowledge-and-right starting date.
- Bring the action required by the applicable limitation provision.
- Calculate and compare both ordinary candidate periods, then examine the overriding longstop and concealment provisions.
- The competing accrual and knowledge periods remain subject to the longstop. Court Office closure cannot be assumed to remove that overriding restriction.
Calculate and compare both ordinary candidate periods, then examine the overriding longstop and concealment provisions.
The competing accrual and knowledge periods remain subject to the longstop. Court Office closure cannot be assumed to remove that overriding restriction.
Limitation Act (1996 Revision), section 14(3)Which facts prevent one automatic date?
Section 14 excludes personal injury and is subject to the section 15 longstop. The starting date includes knowledge and a right to sue, including relevant predecessor knowledge. Establish accrual and the later statutory knowledge-and-right starting date and the actual completion required to bring the action required by the applicable limitation provision.
Claimant in a qualifying non-personal-injury negligence action establishes accrual and the later statutory knowledge-and-right starting date. Calculate and compare both ordinary candidate periods, then examine the overriding longstop and concealment provisions. Later expiry of six years from accrual or three years from the section 14 starting date. Bring the action required by the applicable limitation provision. Establish the actual completion facts before calculating a final date.
A proposed completion or status boundary intersects a closure or holiday while the party seeks to bring the action required by the applicable limitation provision. The competing accrual and knowledge periods remain subject to the longstop. Court Office closure cannot be assumed to remove that overriding restriction. Establish the applicable closure and completion rule. This guide does not supply an assumed carried date.
The three-year knowledge period would run beyond the fifteen-year longstop. Section 14 excludes personal injury and is subject to the section 15 longstop. The starting date includes knowledge and a right to sue, including relevant predecessor knowledge. Resolve the changed source branch and required completion. The nominal period alone does not establish this scenario.
Which conditions and exceptions apply?
- Actual procedure and branch
- Section 14 excludes personal injury and is subject to the section 15 longstop. The starting date includes knowledge and a right to sue, including relevant predecessor knowledge.
- Count and complete the actual act
- Calculate and compare both ordinary candidate periods, then examine the overriding longstop and concealment provisions. The competing accrual and knowledge periods remain subject to the longstop. Court Office closure cannot be assumed to remove that overriding restriction.
- Actor and required completion
- Claimant in a qualifying non-personal-injury negligence action. Bring the action required by the applicable limitation provision.
- Section 14 excludes personal injury and is subject to the section 15 longstop. The starting date includes knowledge and a right to sue, including relevant predecessor knowledge.
- Claimant in a qualifying non-personal-injury negligence action. Accrual and the later statutory knowledge-and-right starting date. Bring the action required by the applicable limitation provision. Section 14 excludes personal injury and is subject to the section 15 longstop. The starting date includes knowledge and a right to sue, including relevant predecessor knowledge.
What must the responsible actor complete?
Questions about this procedure
How is the Cayman latent negligence limitation period selected?
Is this a personal injury rule?
No. Section 14(1) excludes actions governed by section 13.
Limitation Act (1996 Revision), section 14(3)Does three years always replace six years?
No. Section 14(3) selects the later expiry.
Limitation Act (1996 Revision), section 14(3)What must exist at the starting date?
The knowledge defined in section 14 and a right to bring the action.
Limitation Act (1996 Revision), section 14(3)Can a predecessor’s knowledge matter?
Yes. Section 14(4) includes a person in whom the cause was previously vested.
Limitation Act (1996 Revision), section 14(3)Is there an overriding longstop?
Section 15 generally supplies fifteen years from the relevant act or omission.
Limitation Act (1996 Revision), section 14(3)What if deliberate concealment applies?
Section 37(5) changes the operation of sections 14 and 15. Establish that branch independently.
Limitation Act (1996 Revision), section 14(3)Official sources and review
Provisions used (2)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Limitation Act (1996 Revision), section 14(3) | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Limitation Act, sections 3, 32–39 and 44, as applicable | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |