Does the enlarging statute of limitation after a cause of action has already been extinguished by the statute previously in force have any effect?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Bagrianski v. Aero Surveys Inc., 2004 CanLII 26914 (ON SC):
If the time period in a limitation statute is enlarged after a cause of action has already been extinguished by the statute previously in force, the enlarging statute should not be accorded retrospective effect: Martin v. Perrie, 1986 CanLII 73 (SCC), [1986] 1 S.C.R. 41.
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