50AProvision of information to facilitate settlement of claim before commencing court proceedings

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:

(a) the injuries sustained by the claimant in the motor accident, and

(b) all disabilities and impairments arising from those injuries, and

(c) if those injuries, or any of them, have not stabilised, the prognosis for future recovery, and

(d) any economic losses and other losses that are being claimed as damages,

sufficient to enable the insurer, as far as practicable, to make a proper assessment of the claimant’s full entitlement to damages.

s 50A: Ins 1995 No 66, Sch 1 [23].