Good afternoon All, hoping I can tap into your collective wisdom. I am aware of the 3 year limit on personal injury claims from the date of diagnosis / injury but we have a situation which is slightly more complex. One of our engineers injured his hamstring back in 2007 and was off for some time. This was correctly reported to the HSE at the time as an 'over 3-day injury' as per the rules of the day. Since then, the engineer has had a lot of time off with other chronic conditions, bad backs, knees, hips etc... This morning he asked me for the exact date on which he injured his hamstring as he has been 'told' that this could have been the cause of all his other problems.... So my questions are twofold; 1) Would a court accept that the 3 year period began when a medical professional first stated that there could be a link between the injuries and not from the 2007 date? 2) Would a court accept the claim if a medical professional stated their 'could' be a link between the first and subsequent injuries, on the balance of probabilities or would they require a firmer causal link? thanks Steve

I agree with CO If in the unlikely event it got there, its Civil court for damages. Let you insurer worry about it

Hi, thanks for the comments, much appreciated. To be honest, I'm not overly worried about the issue, I just wanted to get some information together so that when (if) my Director asks me what can and cant be done I can give an accurate and concise answer. As an aside then.... I'd count myself as quite experienced in H&S, chartered etc but one of my weaknesses is the actual practicalities of the legal system. I'm aware of the theory but fortunately I've never really been involved in the legal side, either criminal or civil. What would be the best resource to understand what actually happens in practice? thanks again.