IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE IN NORTHERN IRELAND

 

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION

 

Listing and hearing of Assessment of Damages under Order 37

 

PRACTICE NOTE

 

No.1 of 2002

 

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  1. A plaintiff should not request an appointment before the Master for an assessment of damages until  evidence relating to both general and special damages claims is complete.

 

  1. The Office will not issue a Notice of Appointment for assessment of damages unless the plaintiff lodges a complete set of relevant papers to include:-

 

(a)           a copy of the Writ of Summons and the pleadings;

(b)           any medical reports upon which the plaintiff intends to rely; and

(c)           any documents relating to a claim for special damages upon which the plaintiff  intends to rely.

 

3.        Additional documents (such as medical reports or documents relating to special damages) which have not been included in the papers lodged, or which have come into being subsequently, must be filed in the Office at least one clear working day prior to the appointment for assessment of damages.

 

4.        Where an action has been settled between the date when the appointment for assessment is fixed and the appointed date, the plaintiff’s solicitors should immediately notify the Office, that the assessment of damages will not be proceeding.

 

5.        The practice set out in this Note will come into operation on Monday 18 February 2002.

 

 

 

 

 

J W WILSON
Master (Queen’s Bench and Appeals)

 

 

 

 

 

C J McCORRY

Master (High Court)

 

 

 

22 January 2002