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Discount rate – change

February 2025 | Personal injury

The Damages (Personal Injury) (England and Wales) Order 2024 came into force on 11 January 2025 and states that the prescribed rate of return referred to in section A1(1) of the Damages Act 1996 is 0.5%. This Order prescribes 0.5% as the rate of return which, under section A1(1) of the Damages Act 1996 (c. …

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PI – tort

December 2024/January 2025 | Personal injury

The SC has heard a tragic case which considered the extent of the tort of negligence. The case summary is as follows: ‘Background to the Appeal The law on the tort (that is the civil wrong) of negligence draws a fundamental distinction between liability for acts and omissions or, put another way, between making matters …

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