Development Of Quantum: Comparative awards of damages

Outer Temple Chambers (Chambers of James Counsell QC, Sarah Crowther QC and Keith Bryant QC) | Personal Injury Law Journal | June 2012 #106
Harry Trusted investigates the economic factors that have influenced the approach to valuation for catastrophic injury claims ‘The increasingly desperate state of western economies produces the severest problems for those who cannot tailor their lives to deal with events. Badly disabled claimants cannot take investment risks because they need their care and they have no …

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Re JDS; Smyth v JDS [2012] COP 10334473

Wills & Trusts Law Reports | April 2012 #118

In 2001 the patient, J, received a settlement of £2,090,000 damages in respect of cerebral palsy suffered as a result of complications at the time of his birth in 1991. Of this, £1,611,222 was attributable to his future care needs. J is an only child. His father was born in 1959 and his mother in 1962. He lives with them in a house bought in October 2000 for £349,950 from an interim payment that is held by his parents and Mr Smyth (S), his receiver (now the deputy) as his trustees. Its current value is estimated at £675,000. J’s life expectancy was originally assessed in 1998 as la...