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418Pleadings—amount of unliquidated damages
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418 Pleadings—amount of unliquidated damages (1) A pleading must not claim an amount for unliquidated damages. (2) However, a pleading in a proceeding in the Magistrates Court may claim an amount for unliquidated damages if— (a) the claim is for the recovery of 1 or more of the following if it is or they were a consequence of damage alleged to have happened because of the defendant’s negligence: (i) the cost of repairing a motor vehicle; (ii) a motor vehicle’s value, less any salvage value; (iii) the cost of towing a motor vehicle; or
Pleadings—general Division 2.6.3 Rule 419 (b) the claim is for the recovery of 1 or both of the following if it is or they were a consequence of damage alleged to have happened because of the defendant’s negligence in driving, riding or controlling a motor vehicle: (i) the cost of repairing property; (ii) property’s value, less any salvage value. property does not include a motor vehicle.