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1547Assessment of damages—use of affidavit evidence
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1547 Assessment of damages—use of affidavit evidence
(1) This rule applies to a proceeding in the Magistrates Court if judgment
has been entered for the plaintiff against the defendant for damages
to be assessed.
(2) Evidence may be given by affidavit on the assessment of damages in
relation to—
(a) the identity of a motor vehicle; or
(b) the damage sustained by a motor vehicle in a particular collision;
or
(c) the reasonable cost of repairing the damage sustained by a motor
vehicle in the particular collision; or
(d) anything else prescribed by practice note.