(1) This rule sets out additional requirements with which a defendant to a claim for personal injuries must comply.
(2) If the claimant has attached to the claim form or statement of claim a report from a medical practitioner on the personal injuries which the claimant is alleged to have suffered, the defendant must state in the defence —
(a) whether all or any part of the medical report is agreed; and
(b) if any part of the medical report is disputed, the nature of the dispute.
(3) If the defendant intends to rely on a report from a medical practitioner to dispute any part of the claimant's claim for personal injuries and the defendant has obtained such a report, the defendant must attach that report to the defence.
(4) Paragraph (3) does not displace the claimant's and defendant's obligation to comply with the provisions of Part 29 or Part 32 as applicable to call a witness or to rely on the evidence of the medical practitioner at the trial of the claim.