Guidelines for the Assessment of General Damages in Personal Injury Cases Book

This fifth edition has undergone a major review to take account of the recent decision of the Court of appeal in Heil vRankin (2000) 2 WLR 1173 which made principled increases inthe level of personal injury awards over #10,000. In arriving at the guidelines given, the authors have also distilled the important decisions of the courts since the publication of the last edition, and amended the figures to take into account the inflationary rise of the past two years. The Guidelines are designed to provide a clear and logical framework for the assessment of damages while leaving the discretion of the assessor unfettered, since every case must depend to a degree on its own facts. They provide a guide toall those involved in personal injury litigation: solicitors, barristers, insurance companies, trade unions and the medical defence organizations. A copy of the book will be sent to every judge who hears civil court cases.Read More