“…through negligence, solicitors had allowed proceedings to grow so stale that they were struck out for want of prosecution. The best example is Khan v RM Falvey [2002] EWCA Civ 400; [2002] P.N.L.R. 28. There, the claimants had brought proceedings within six years of the claims being struck out, but in circumstances where a decade or more …”
“…– is sustained the cause of action arises, even though greater loss may later eventuate from the negligence” (per Sir Murray Stuart-Smith in Khan v R.M. Falvey [2002] EWCA Civ 400, [2002] PNLR 28, at paragraph 11), and “A claimant cannot defeat the statute of limitations by claiming only in respect of damage which occurs within the limit…”