Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 89365

NHS: Negligence

Tabled: 10 November 2025
Answered: 13 November 2025
Named Day

Question

Noah Law

LabourSt Austell and Newquay

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the application of Section 33 of the Limitation Act 1980 in medical negligence cases involving cerebral palsy; and whether it has had discussions with Scope

Answer

Sarah Sackman
Limitation periods set statutory time limits within which a party must bring a civil claim, or give notice of a claim, to the other party in a dispute. For negligence resulting in personal injury (which would include clinical negligence claims) the limita...

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