There are time limits to bring a professional negligence claim.
You have 6 years from the act of negligence or 3 years from the date of knowledge to start court proceedings for a claim for professional negligence.
The test for ascertaining the date of knowledge is when a reasonable person ought to have realised that there was a risk that negligence had occurred.
There is a long stop date of 15 years from the act of negligence after which a claim may not be brought regardless of the date of knowledge.
If you do not bring your claim in time, then your claim will usually be lost forever.
