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Compensation: Costs of commercial surrogacy – a recoverable head of loss?
Julian Matthews looks at a recent contentious decision and the possible wider ramifications ‘The giving of greater prominence to the compensatory principle is likely to generate other novel claims as the emerging technologies address the difficulties resulting from life-changing injuries and provide the possibility of new solutions.’ The primary aim of damages for personal injuries …
Cases Referenced
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- Briody v St Helen’s and Knowsley Area Health Authority [2001] EWCA Civ 1010
- Livingstone v Rawyards Coal Co Ltd (1880) 5 App Cas 25
- Patel v Mirza [2016] UKSC 42
- XX v Whittington Hospital NHS Trust [2018] EWCA Civ 2832