Guidelines for the Assessment of General Damages in Personal Injury Cases (Judicial College Guidelines for the Assessment of General Damages in Personal Injury Cases)

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In addition, the Judicial College creates and runs induction seminars which do not appear in the prospectus and which arise as and when there is a need for them. These tables, complete with explanatory notes, are an aid for actuaries, lawyers and others when calculating the lump sum to be paid in compensation for financial losses or expenses (such as care costs) directly caused by personal injury or death. While highlighting the need for readers of the JC Guidelines to consider the applicability of the tariff-based general damages regime introduced by Part 1 of the Civil Liability Act 2018 and the Whiplash Injury Regulations 2021, the Note does little more than list the circumstances in which the scheme applies, how Tables A and B inter-relate and the potential for an uplift of up to 20% in “ exceptional circumstances”. These claims are usually handled by the Motor Insurers Bureau (MIB), which may use a different tariff scale for compensation. Morton Fraser's handy Compensation Calculator provides an insight into some of the awards that a Court can make for various injuries.

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Assessing the value of your claim at the outset can be complicated, particularly if you have multiple injuries.Cold injuries are notoriously difficult to value and the new guidance, while helpful, is not particularly detailed. If you were hurt in a criminal assault, however, compensation would be paid by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA).

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The claimant has either lost both legs above the knee or one leg above the knee at a high level and the other below the knee. The Judicial College notes that the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse has now reported on the conclusions of its Accountability and Reparations Investigation.A No Win No Fee agreement, or Conditional Fee Agreement, is when you and your personal injury lawyer sign a contract. Chapter 6 relating to injury to reproductive organs has been widened to include such injuries in relation to sexual function and the related psychological consequences for both sexes. The new edition to these guidelines is to be welcomed by claimant practitioners as it represents an increase in general damages for various types of injuries as well as the continuing development of this area of the common law.

GUIDELINES FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF GENERAL DAMAGES IN PERSONAL GUIDELINES FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF GENERAL DAMAGES IN PERSONAL

Compensation awards for multiple injuries are calculated on a case-by-case basis, as the individual compensation amounts cannot simply be added together. Any other costs or losses you incur as a result of your accident (such as medical expenses, loss of earnings, and damage to property) will also be taken into account. The Additional Tables can also be used to derive multipliers for multiplicands payable starting from a future age for any age at the date of trial. The rationale being that there are increasingly few cases where the uplift applies, with mesothelioma cases being the obvious exception.

The upper bracket of the most serious injury may be the starting point, with an additional amount applied for the other less severe injuries.