--(1) The fact that the claimant also claims costs and interest at a specified rate does not prevent a claim from being a claim for a specified sum of money.
--(2) Where the claimant claims a specified sum of money together with interest at an unspecified rate he may either-
----(a) enter judgment under this Part for the sum of money claimed together with interest at the statutory rate from the date of the claim to the date of entering judgment; or
----(b) enter judgment for the sum of money claimed and for interest to be assessed.
--(3) For the purpose of this Part and of rule 14.5 a claim for-
----(a) the cost of repairs executed to a vehicle or any property in, on or abutting a road; or
----(b) any other financial losses, claimed as a result of damage which it is alleged to have been caused in an accident as a result of the defendant's negligence is to be treated as a claim for a specified amount of money provided that-
--------(i) the amount of each item in the claim is specified; and
--------(ii) copies of receipted bills for the amounts claimed are attached to the claim.
Notes
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