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Case Report: Harries v Stevenson [2012] EWHC 3447
Discount rate; Damages Act 1996; preliminary issue A single fixed discount rate was preferable in reducing the cost and uncertainty of future loss calculations. In Harries v Stevenson [2012], a claimant tried and failed to escape from the arguably unjust effects that the 2.5% discount rate creates in the current economic climate. The case provides …
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- Cooke v United Bristol Healthcare NHS Trust [2003] EWCA Civ 1370
- Harries v Stevenson [2012] EWHC 3447 (QB)
- Helmot v Simon [2012] UKPC 5
- Warriner v Warriner [2002] EWCA Civ 81