The Limitation (Northern Ireland) Order 1989

Fresh accrual of right on payment: action claiming personal estate of deceased person

66.  Where—

(a)any right of action has accrued to recover any claim to the personal estate of a deceased person or to any share or interest therein; and

(b)the person accountable therefor makes any payment in respect thereof,

the right of action is to be treated as having accrued on and not before the date of the payment.