Pleadings—amount of unliquidated damages
418 Pleadings—amount of unliquidated damages
A pleading must not claim an amount for unliquidated damages.
However, a pleading in a proceeding in the Magistrates Court may claim an amount for unliquidated damages if—
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:
the cost of repairing a motor vehicle;
a motor vehicle’s value, less any salvage value;
the cost of towing a motor vehicle; or
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:
the cost of repairing property;
property’s value, less any salvage value.
In this rule:
property does not include a motor vehicle.
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