Chapter 5 of 9: Court, costs and settlement: Accept or reject

What does rejecting an assessment mean?

Checked 14 October 2026against sections 30, 31 and 51A of the Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003, as amended by the Personal Injuries Resolution Board Act 2022 and the Central Bank's National Claims Information Database.

A Notice of Assessment gives you 28 days. If you reject a figure the respondent accepted and a court later awards no more, section 51A says no costs can be ordered in your favour and the respondent is treated as having offered that sum on the day it accepted. This page explains the rule for your figure. It does not tell you what to do.

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The Notice of Assessment: the figure, and whether the respondent has accepted it

The assessmentThe total on the Notice of Assessment, general and special damages together.The respondent has accepted the assessmentA respondent who does not state in writing within the period whether they accept the assessment is deemed to have accepted it (section 31(2)).

This is the costs rule and the court tiers applied to a figure. It is not a recommendation, not a prediction of what a court would award, and not a view on liability or contributory negligence, which the Board never decides.