What is the limitation period for determining when a cause of action arose?
Northwest Territories, Canada
The following excerpt is from Laite v Younge et al., 2016 NWTSC 42 (CanLII):
In determining when a cause of action arose, an objective standard is used and the limitation period begins to run when the plaintiff “discovered or ought to have discovered by the exercise of reasonable diligence, the material facts.” Base v. Hadley et al, 2006 NWTSC 4 (CanLII), 2006 NWTSC 04 at para. 25.
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