Section 28 of Limitation of Actions Act CAP 22: Application for leave of court under section 27

(1) An application for the leave of the court for the purposes of section 27 of this Act shall be made ex parte, except in so far as rules of court may otherwise provide in relation to applications made after the commencement of a relevant action.
(2) Where such an application is made before the commencement of a relevant action, the court shall grant leave in respect of any cause of action to which the application relates if, but only if, on evidence adduced by or on behalf of the plaintiff, it appears to the court that, if such an action were brought forthwith and the like evidence were adduced in that action, that evidence would in the absence of any evidence to the contrary, be sufficient—
(a) to establish that cause of action, apart from any defence under section 4(2) of this Act; and
(b) to fulfil the requirements of section 27(2) of this Act in relation to that cause of action.
(3) Where such an application is made after the commencement of a relevant action, the court shall grant leave in respect of any cause of action to which the application relates if, but only if, on evidence adduced by or on behalf of the plaintiff, it appears to the court that, if the like evidence would in the absence of any evidence to the contrary, be sufficient—
(a) to establish that cause of action, apart from any defence under section 4(2) of this Act; and
(b) to fulfil the requirements of section 27(2) of this Act in relation to that cause of action,
and it also appears to the court that, until after the commencement of that action, it was outside the knowledge (actual or constructive) of the plaintiff that the matters constituting that cause of action had occurred on such a date as (apart from section 27 of this Act) to afford a defence under section 4(2) of this Act.
(4) In this section, “relevant action” in relation to an application for the leave of the court, means any action in connexion with which the leave sought by the application is required.
(5) In this section and in section 27 of this Act “court”, in relation to an action, means the court in which the action has been or is intended to be brought.

Disclaimer: This document is not to be taken as legal advice.

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