Information about incident
2 Information about incident
Each of the following particulars about the incident alleged to have caused the personal injury to which the claim relates—
the date, time and place of the incident;
details of how the incident happened;
if appropriate, a diagram or image showing, to the best of the claimant’s knowledge, the scene of the incident; Example of a diagram—
a map or plan showing details of the scene of the incident Example of an image—
a photograph with markings showing details of the scene of the incident
the names, addresses and, if known, telephone numbers of any witnesses to the incident;
the names, addresses and, if known, telephone numbers of any other persons able to provide relevant particulars about the incident;
if an emergency response entity or an investigative entity attended the incident—
the name of the entity; and
if known, the name of the person who attended the incident on behalf of the entity; and
the entity’s contact details and, if known, the attending person’s contact details; and
if known, any reference number assigned to the incident by the entity;
the name, address and, if known, telephone number of each person who was, in the claimant’s opinion, responsible for causing the incident;
the reasons the claimant attributes responsibility to each person to whom paragraph (g) relates;
for a claim, other than a child abuse claim or health care claim, if a protective device was available for use—
the nature of the device; and
whether or not the injured person was using the device when the incident happened.
In this section—
abuse, of a child, see section 9(10) of the Act.
child abuse claim means a claim based on a personal injury of a person resulting from the abuse of the person when the person was a child.
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