United Kingdom vs Ireland: claim rules compared
Contract claims, indicative limitation period: United Kingdom 6 years, Ireland 6 years. In England & Wales the loser is normally ordered to pay a large part of the winner's costs. General information, not legal advice.
- Limitation periods in United Kingdom
- Limitation periods in Ireland
- No-win-no-fee lawyers in United Kingdom
- No-win-no-fee lawyers in Ireland
- Limitation Act 1980 (legislation.gov.uk)
- Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973
- Courts and Legal Services Act 1990, s. 58, conditional fee agreements
- Statute of Limitations 1957 (Irish Statute Book)