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Assessment of damages: Paying unfair
Catriona Stirling and William Latimer-Sayer QC look at some of the key areas of the law in relation to quantum of personal injury damages which they consider to be in need of reform ‘If a head of loss is pecuniary in nature, it should be open to all claimants to advance a claim for it, …
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