1. Cause of Action, Limitation and Funding
Identify the cause of action, parties, remedy, limitation position, evidence and proportionate funding route before proceedings.
How to study the CPQ Advanced stage
Prepare each separately assessed component on its own terms, then connect legal analysis, client judgment, drafting, accounts and research across the route.
Core concepts
Concept 1
A viable claim begins with the correct cause of action, parties, elements and remedy.
Exam cue: Build a chronology and match each fact to an element and evidence source.
Concept 2
Limitation is calculated from the governing statutory rule and any relevant accrual, knowledge, disability or discretion provision.
Exam cue: Calculate the primary limitation date before considering exceptions.
Concept 3
Costs information, retainers, insurance, conditional arrangements and third-party funding affect proportionate client advice.
Exam cue: Record funding, adverse-cost and proportionality advice.
Risk pitfalls and guardrails
Starting procedure before confirming a sustainable cause of action.
Guardrail: Do not study all optional modules as mandatory, combine unlike assessment structures, exceed professional authority or rely on outdated law, procedure, tax or regulator rules.
Treating limitation as one universal six-year rule.
Guardrail: Do not study all optional modules as mandatory, combine unlike assessment structures, exceed professional authority or rely on outdated law, procedure, tax or regulator rules.
Ignoring exposure to opponent costs and disbursements.
Guardrail: Do not study all optional modules as mandatory, combine unlike assessment structures, exceed professional authority or rely on outdated law, procedure, tax or regulator rules.
Memory anchors
Claim viability
Cause, parties, facts, evidence, remedy, limitation and funding.
Limitation clock
Rule, accrual, knowledge, disability, extension and issue date.
Funding advice
Retainer, budget, insurance, risk, proportionality and updates.
Checkpoint rule
Do the check-up only after you can summarize each concept in one sentence and identify one dangerous pitfall from memory.
Knowledge Check (after reading)
Short check-up to confirm understanding of this module.
Check-up Questions
A retailer paid for a refrigeration unit that never achieved the promised temperature. Before drafting proceedings, what should the caseworker establish first?
A client suffered ordinary property damage when a contractor acted negligently six years and two months ago. No postponement provision appears to apply. What is the immediate limitation concern?
Answer all questions to submit.
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