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Motor Accidents Act 1988
50AProvision of information to facilitate settlement of claim before commencing court proceedings
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#### 50A Provision of information to facilitate settlement of claim before commencing court proceedings
50A Provision of information to facilitate settlement of claim before commencing court proceedings
> Subject to section 52 (1A), a claimant is not entitled to commence court proceedings against another person in respect of a claim until the claimant has given the other person’s insurer (if any) full details of:
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> > (a) the injuries sustained by the claimant in the motor accident, and
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> > (b) all disabilities and impairments arising from those injuries, and
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> > (c) if those injuries, or any of them, have not stabilised, the prognosis for future recovery, and
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> > (d) any economic losses and other losses that are being claimed as damages,
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> sufficient to enable the insurer, as far as practicable, to make a proper assessment of the claimant’s full entitlement to damages.
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> **s 50A:** Ins 1995 No 66, Sch 1 \[23\].