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[2] The case called before me for a preliminary proof on the issue of time-bar. I was presented with a joint minute of admissions and heard evidence from the pursuer and Lieutenant-Colonel Mark Weir of the Royal Army Medical Corps.
The relevant statutory provisions [3] The statutory provisions which are relevant for a consideration of the issue of time-bar in this action are to be found in sections 17, 19A and 22(3) of the 1973 Act. They provide, so far as relevant, as follows:
"17-(1) This section applies to an action of damages where the damages claimed consist of or include damages in respect of personal injuries ...
(2) Subject to subsection (3) below and section 19A of this Act, no action to which this section applies shall be brought unless it is commenced within a period of three years after -
(b) the date (if later than any date mentioned in paragraph (a) above) on which the pursuer in the action became, or on which, in the opinion of the court, it would have been reasonably practicable for him in all the circumstances to become, aware of all the following facts -
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