Issue:
8069
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Categories:
Features
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Procedure & practice
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Civil way
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Personal injury
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Damages
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Employment
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In Court
PI damages up; Tribunal responses; Family dress; Luba got it right
AVOID DAMAGE
The 17th edition of the Judicial College’s guidelines on the assessment of general damages in personal injury cases is about to hit those bookstalls that litigators frequent. But avoid a negligence claim by NOW revisiting the guidelines of two years ago. This latest edition uplifts figures by reference, as usual, to the retail prices index (RPI) and the index figure of 376.6 for August 2023. Claimant negotiators should avoid a negligence claim by increasing guidelines further for inflation between August 2023 and assessment, as defendant negotiators may curse. Last time a new sub-category of psychiatric injury to cover awards made to victims of sexual abuse was included. Adjustments have now been made to the brackets for these injuries as
