Abstract:
This note analyses the recent decision of the UK Supreme Court in Potter v Canada Square Operations Ltd [2023] 3 WLR 963 and argues that, in the context of statutory limitation periods, a literal approach to statutory interpretation may help clarify and simplify the law on limitations. This, however, means that amendments will have to be made to the Singapore Limitation Act 1959 and in this vein, this note suggests how this may be done.