Fatal accident that resulted in loss of dependancy of a cohabitee for less...
Fatal Accidents Act 1976Section 1 of the FAA contains an exhaustive list of persons entitled to make a claim in respect of loss of financial dependency. Under S.1(3)(b) a claim may be brought by a...
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Fatal accident in Germany: Assessment of damagesChoice of law for foreign tortsIn this DWF Fishburns case of Cox v Ergo Versicherung AG concerns the basis upon which damages should be assessed in a...
View ArticleSupreme Court finds harmony with German law in fatal accident claim
FactsThe proceedings arise out of a fatal accident in Germany in 2004. The Appellant’s husband was hit by a car whilst riding his bike, causing injuries from which he died. The driver of the car was a...
View ArticlePredictably unpredictable: Fatal claims in Scotland remain inconsistent and...
BackgroundWe discussed Currie in a previous update that reviewed recent fatal awards in Scotland. In Currie the parents of a 25 year old man were each awarded £42,000, and their appeal against that...
View ArticleCookson v Knowles overturned: multiplier for future dependency to run from...
BackgroundIn Cookson it was held that a personal injury claim could be distinguished from dependency claims arising out of a fatal accident by the fact that the claimant is of course alive at trial. In...
View ArticleThe Supreme Court on jurisdiction and the interpretation of damage in...
BackgroundSir Ian Brownlie QC, a well-known international lawyer and his daughter were killed and his wife and grandchildren seriously injured in a tragic motor vehicle accident in Egypt in January...
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