Limitation Act · s 28

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s 28Personal estate of a deceased person

Subject to sections 27(1) and (2) —

(a)

no action in respect of any claim to the personal estate of a deceased person or to any share or interest in any such estate (whether under a will or on intestacy shall be brought after the expiration of 12

years from the date on which the right to receive the share or interest accrued; and

(b)

no action to recover arrears of interest in respect of any legacy, or damages in respect of such arrears, shall be brought after the expiration of 6 years from the date on which the interest became due.

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