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Civil Law (Wrongs) Act 2002
69Respondent to give documents etc to contributor
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69 Respondent to give documents etc to contributor
(1) A respondent must give a contributor added by the respondent copies
of the following that are in the respondent’s possession:
(a) reports and other documents about the accident claimed to have
given rise to the personal injury to which the claim relates;
(b) reports or surveillance film about the claimant’s medical
(c) reports or surveillance film about the claimant’s cognitive,
functional or vocational capacity;
(d) reports or surveillance film about the claimant’s personal injury
and of any consequent disabilities;
(e) if applicable, information about the medical treatment and
rehabilitation services the claimant has sought or obtained;
(f) information about the claimant’s medical history, as far as it is
relevant to the claim, and any other claims for damages for
personal injury made by the claimant;
(g) information about the claimant’s claim for past and future
economic loss;
(h) information about any claim known to the respondent for
gratuitous services consequent on the claimant’s personal injury.
Note Damages may not be awarded in a motor accident claim for
gratuitous care (see Motor Accident Injuries Act 2019, s 249).
(2) The respondent must give the copies—
prescribed, within 1 month after the day the respondent gives a
contribution notice to the contributor); and
(b) to the extent that a report, film or other document or information
mentioned in subsection (1) comes into the respondent’s
possession later, within 7 days after the day it comes into the
respondent’s possession.