The statute of limitations for brain damage begins only when the victim has been medically acknowledged as regaining cognitive ability.

In the case of Inframatric Investments v Dean Construction (2012), the prospective claimants were time-barred in seeking litigation against the defendant because a meeting where "without prejudice" negotiations had taken place, intended to resolve the parties' dispute, could not be treated as falling within the period up to practical completion of the contracted works, because they did not form part of the completed "services" from which, according to the contract, the limitation period was to be calculated.

[7] Unlike other European countries, the United Kingdom has no general statute of limitations for crimes triable by jury, known as indictable offences.

Following a number of acquittals and wrongful convictions of people charged with serious sexual crimes alleged to have been committed several decades prior, there has been some debate as to whether there should be a statute of limitations for historical rape and sexual assault cases, as prosecutions rely solely on personal testimonies and have no physical or scientific evidence due to the passage of time.

[9] In England and Wales, magistrates' courts hear summary and non-indicted either-way offences[8] — generally, crimes that are punishable by a fine and/or by less than 6 months' imprisonment.

Prior to 1994, NIPs were served by registered or recorded post, but in 1994, the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 was amended to allow for standard postal delivery.