Where commencing proceedings would jeopardise an applicant's prospects of obtaining medical discharge from employment, a reasonable person may not regard the material facts as showing that the applicant ought in their own interests to bring an action, with the consequence that the facts do not become 'of a decisive character' under s 30(1)(b)(ii) of the Limitation of Actions Act 1974 (Qld) until after the jeopardy has passed. The outcome of limitation extension applications under ss 30-31 is highly fact-dependent.
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