Standstill Agreements: Can the Limitation Act really be suspended?

Tim Hirst considers the potential pitfalls of trying to prevent a limitation defence ‘If an agreement not to plead the statute is not adhered to by the defendant, that gives a claimant a second cause of action; that is to say to sue for the breach of that agreement.’ Perhaps as a result of the …
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