Version Superseded: 04/09/1996
Point in time view as at 01/02/1991. This version of this provision has been superseded.
Limitation Act 1980, Section 32A is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 26 April 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
Where a person to whom a cause of action for libel or slander has accrued has not brought such an action within the period of three years mentioned in section 4A of this Act (or, where applicable, the period allowed by section 28(1) as modified by section 28(4A) because all or any of the facts relevant to that cause of action did not become known to him until after the expiration of that period, such an action—
(a)may be brought by him at any time before the expiration of one year from the earliest date on which he knew all the facts relevant to that cause of action; but
(b)shall not be brought without the leave of the High Court.
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