When is the deadline for pipa part 1 notice of claim?
The catalogue records a 9 months period from The day the incident giving rise to the personal injury happened or, if symptoms were not immediately apparent, the first appearance of symptoms; alternatively the day the claimant first instructs a law practice and the proposed defendant is identified. This draft page remains free only until its source, worked example and limits are reviewed.
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Calculation basis and source
- Period
- 9 months
- Trigger
- The day the incident giving rise to the personal injury happened or, if symptoms were not immediately apparent, the first appearance of symptoms; alternatively the day the claimant first instructs a law practice and the proposed defendant is identified
- Counting
- The encoded calculator method must be independently documented before publication.
- Rollovers and holidays
- Holiday, closure and order treatment must be independently documented before publication.
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- Non-compliance is not fatal: the obligation to give notice continues, and a reasonable excuse for the delay must be given in part 1 or by separate notice (s 9(5)). Failure to give a complying part 1 notice prevents the claimant proceeding further unless the respondent is satisfied or waives, or the court declares the noncompliance remedied or authorises the claimant to proceed (s 18(1)). Urgent proceedings may be started with leave under s 43.
- Part 2 of the notice must be given within 2 months after the earlier of the respondent complying with s 10(1) or being conclusively presumed satisfied under s 13 (s 9(3A)). Medical negligence claims have a separate initial notice regime under s 9A with its own 9 month / 1 month structure (s 9A(4)).