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STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1958 - SECT 10

Time-limit for claiming contribution.

10.(1) Where under section 1 of the Civil Liability (Contribution) Act 1978
any person becomes entitled to a right to recover contribution in respect of
any damage from any other person, no action to recover contribution by virtue
of that right shall be brought after the end of the period of two years from
the date on which that right accrued.

(2) For the purposes of this Act the date on which a right to recover
contribution in respect of any damage accrues to any person (in this
sub-section referred to as "the relevant date") shall be ascertained as
follows, that is to say

(a)if the person in question is held liable in respect of that damage by a
judgment given in any civil proceedings, or an award made on any arbitration,
the relevant date shall be the date on which the judgment is given, or the
date of the award, as the case may be;

(b)if, in any case not falling within the preceding paragraph, the person in
question makes or agrees to make any payment to one or more persons in
compensation for that damage (whether he admits any liability in respect of
the damage or not), the relevant date shall be the earliest date on which the
amount to be paid by him is agreed between him (or his representative) and the
person (or each of the persons, as the case may be) to whom the payment is to
be made;

Limitation of actions for an account.

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