Time limit—no compulsory conference
270 Time limit—no compulsory conference
This section applies if—
the compulsory conference for the parties to a motor accident claim has been dispensed with; but
the obligation to exchange mandatory final offers has not been dispensed with.
The claimant may begin a court proceeding based on the motor accident claim—
by the due date; or
before a later day—
agreed by the parties not later than the due date; or
decided by the court on application by the claimant not later than the due date.
In this section:
due date means the day that is 60 days after the later of the following:
6 months after the respondent received, or is taken to have received, the claimant’s complying notice of claim;
the day the compulsory conference was dispensed with.
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