Under Virginia law, except for cases involving medical malpractice, the statute of limitations begins to run on a minor's eighteenth birthday. For medical malpractice cases involving minors under the age of eight, the minor has until his or her tenth birthday to commence litigation.
) or high court judgment if someone takes court action against you (saying you owe them money) and you donât respond. You have 14 days to respond to the court claim. If you get a judgment, this means that the court has formally decided that you owe the money. The judgment will come in the post and will explain:
Case law, in common law jurisdictions, is the set of decisions of adjudicatory tribunals or other rulings that can be cited as precedent. In most countries, including most European countries, the term is applied to any set of rulings on law which is guided by previous rulings, for example, previous decisions of a government agency.