Medical Chronicle November/December 2013 | Page 59
The prescription of
ETHICS
LEGAL MATTERS
medical negligence claims
EARN 6 CPD POINTS
Certain debts are rendered
unenforceable or extinguished by the
passing of time. In the eyes of the law,
such debts ‘prescribe’, unless:
• The creditor serves on the debtor
any process to claim payment of the
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