Controversy exists as to who first discovered the Falkland Islands with competing Portuguese, Spanish, and British claims dating back to the 16th century.

In 1853 Britain and the US signed a claims treaty and submitted to arbitration for claims dating to 1814; they paid each other in 1855.

It was here that silver was first discovered in 1833 by John Hunt, although there are earlier claims dating to 1817.

The tribe is seeking nearly $2 billion in interest for claims dating back to 1795.

- The new rules, which imposed annual caps of £2,000 on cleaning and £1,000 on gardening, are being applied retrospectively to claims dating back five years.

Among Iran's longstanding demands are a lifting of economic sanctions and the resolution of financial claims dating from the 1979 revolution.

Invention of the trench coat is claimed by both Burberry and Aquascutum, with Aquascutum's claim dating back to the 1850s.

This enabled the Tribunal to investigate claims dating back to 1840, when the Treaty was signed.

The Museum of Modern Art makes the same claim dating the movement to the 1960s and 1970s.

Ten women have come forward to nail veteran Republican Packwood, with claims dating from back to 1969.