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contains an exception to the hearsay rule for contemporaneous statements about a person's health, feelings, sensations, intention, knowledge or state of mind. The clause is limited to first-hand hearsay and enables the court to assess the reliability of the person who had personal knowledge of the asserted fact. This is in accordance with the 2005 LRCs' Report finding that this exception is only justified in relation to first-hand hearsay and it should not apply to second- hand and more remote forms of hearsay (recommendation 8-5).