Chapter 3 of 9: The clock: Letter builder

What do I write? The letter builder

Checked 14 October 2026against section 8 of the Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004, Article 15 of the GDPR and the MIBI's own pages.

Section 8 of the Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004 asks for a written notice of the wrong within 1 month: the nature of the wrong alleged, and nothing more. This builds it in those terms, or a request for the records you will need, from your own answers. It does not build a Board application (the Board's form is the only route), a letter to an insurer, or anything that argues liability.

What are you writing?

This builds the text of a letter in your own words. It is not legal advice and nothing is stored or sent.
The section 8 notice states the nature of the wrong alleged and nothing more. It does not argue liability, describe the injuries or name a figure: that is what the Act asks for, and it is all an insurer should see from you at this stage.
The builder does not write a Board application (the Board's own form is the only route), a letter of claim to an insurer, or a reply to a settlement offer.
Send the notice by registered post or by email with a read receipt, and keep a dated copy.

Your details and answers

Your full nameYour addressDate of this letterTo (the person or business you hold responsible)Their addressDate of the accidentWhere it happened

The nature of the wrong alleged, in one or two plain sentencesWhat is said to have gone wrong, not the injuries and not a figure: 'your vehicle struck the rear of mine while I was stopped'; 'a fall on a wet floor with no warning sign'; 'a bite by a dog in your control'.

Your text

[Your full name]
[Your address]

[Date]

To: [The person or body you hold responsible, or their registered office]
[Their address]

Notice under section 8 of the Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004

I give you notice that on [the date of the accident] at [the place] I suffered personal injury, and that I allege the injury was caused by the following wrong: [the nature of the wrong alleged, in one or two plain sentences, without comment on fault beyond that].

This notice is served under section 8 of the Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004 and states the nature of the wrong alleged. It is not a statement of the injuries, of their value, or of any claim, all of which are reserved.

Please pass this notice to your insurer. Please acknowledge receipt in writing.

Yours faithfully,

[Your full name]

Built in your browser from your answers. Nothing is stored or sent to this site. Square brackets mark what is still missing.

The text is yours, in your words, and not a solicitor's letter. The builder does not decide who to address it to, whether a claim should be made, or what the injuries are worth.