ABSTRACT

Did the client intend the goods to be used or consumed in the United Kingdom? YES/NO

If the answer is NO, the client’s reasons Were the goods new? YES/NO If the answer is YES:

Did the terms under which the goods were supplied or offered for sale indicate this? YES/NO Did such terms provide for or contemplate that the goods would be supplied or to be supplied to the person or persons (ie, a consumer or consumers) in relation to the charge? YES/NO

If the client is a retailer: Are the goods supplied in the course of a business supplying consumer goods? YES/NO Have the goods previously been supplied in the United Kingdom? YES/NO

Details of any warnings or instructions supplied with the goods Details of any costs that would have to be incurred to make the goods

safe or to comply with the safety standard inferred by the charge Details (including the date of publication) of any safety standard alleged

to have been infringed by the client Was the client aware of such safety standard? Did the client comply with the safety standard? YES/NO Details of the compliance or non-compliance If the client did not comply with the safety standard, details of any belief

by the client that the goods complied with the general safety standard Details of any conflicting published safety standards Details of any testing of the product by the client Did the client supply, offer or agree to supply, or expose or possess any

of the goods for supply as charged? YES/NO If the answer is YES, the details are:

Names and addresses of any employees of the client who can give relevant evidence

12.3 Follow-up (a) Send a statement to the client for approval. (b) Obtain missing information as revealed by the questionnaire. (c) Contact expert and other witnesses in order to obtain statements. (d) Instruct counsel where required.