Quotation or assessment as evidence
40.14 Quotation or assessment as evidence
In a complaint counterclaim or claim by third party notice which arises from a motor vehicle accident and includes a claim—
for the cost of repairs to a motor vehicle, an itemised quotation of the cost of repairs; or
for total loss of a motor vehicle, an assessment of the loss—
attached to the complaint counterclaim or claim by third party notice is evidence of the cost of repairs or the loss (as the case may be).
A party against whom damages are sought may, by notice in writing served on the party claiming relief not more than 42 days after service of the complaint counterclaim or claim by third party notice to which an itemised quotation or assessment is attached, require the maker of the quotation or assessment to attend the hearing for the purposes of cross-examination.
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