The appellants retained the respondent lawyer to represent them in a motor vehicle accident claim.
The respondent issued the statement of claim more than two years after the accident.
The appellants subsequently sued the respondent for professional negligence.
The respondent successfully moved for summary judgment on the basis that the professional negligence action was statute-barred.
On appeal, the Court of Appeal set aside the summary judgment, finding that under s. 5(1)(a)(iv) of the Limitations Act, 2002, the appellants did not discover their claim against the respondent until the defendants in the underlying motor vehicle action amended their statement of defence to plead a limitations defence.
