Normally, adults have 3 years from the date of the accident in which to bring a claim for compensation. This is known as the limitation period.

However, the rules relating to children's injury claims are different. If a person is under the age of eighteen when the accident occurred, the three year limitation period does not start until the child's eighteenth birthday. Therefore, Court proceedings for childrens injury claims can be started at any time before the child's twenty first birthday.