The limit of time for bring actions to court is governed by Limitation Ordinance, Cap. 347.
Actions in respect of trust property or the personal estate of deceased persons
Section 20 of the Ordinance states :
(1)   No period of limitation prescribed by this Ordinance shall apply to an action by a
beneficiary under a trust, being an action-
(a)    in respect of any fraud or fraudulent breach of trust to which the trustee was a party or privy; or
(b)   to recover from the trustee trust property or the proceeds thereof in the possession of the trustee, or previously received by the trustee and converted to his use.
(2)   Subject as aforesaid, an action by a beneficiary to recover trust property or in prescribed by any other provision of this Ordinance, shall not be brought after the expiration of 6 years from the date on which the right of action accrued:
Provided that the right of action shall not be deemed to have accrued to any beneficiary entitled to a future interest in the trust property, until the interest fell into possession.
(3) No beneficiary as against whom there would be a good defence under this Ordinance shall derive any greater or other benefit from a judgment or order obtained by any other beneficiary than he could have obtained if he had brought the action and this Ordinance had been pleaded in defence.
Limitation of actions claiming personal estate of a deceased person
Section 21 of the Ordinance states :
Subject to the provisions of section 20(1), no action in respect of any claim to the personal estate of a deceased person or to any share or interest in such estate, whether under a will or on intestacy, shall be brought after the expiration of 12 years from the date when the right to receive the share or interest accrued, and no action to recoverarrears of interest in respect of any legacy, or damages in respect of such arrears, shall be brought after the expiration of 6 years from the date on which the interest became due.
Acquiescence
Section 36 of the Ordinance states :
Nothing in this Ordinance shall affect any equitable jurisdiction to refuse relief on the ground of acquiescence or otherwise.