A plaintiff who relies on a specialist medical diagnosis that the major cause of symptoms is organic rather than psychiatric is not fixed with means of knowledge of the psychiatric cause until a different specialist provides a contrary opinion, provided the plaintiff has taken all reasonable steps including relying on specialist advice. The delay between being informally advised to seek a further psychiatric opinion and obtaining that opinion (approximately four months) was not excessive in the circumstances. A claim for breach of statutory duty under the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 (Qld) does not contribute to the existence of a right of action under s 31(2)(b) of the Limitation of Actions Act 1974 (Qld).
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