Where a motor accident claimant has instructed solicitors and counsel, a 'full' explanation for delay in making a claim under s 66(2) of the Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999 (NSW) requires details of the instructions given to, and advice received from, those legal advisers — it is not sufficient for the claimant to simply state that she left the matter to her solicitors and cannot recall what was said. The 'due inquiry and search' requirement under ss 34(1AA) and 34A(3) does not require inquiry that would be futile and unproductive.
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