Litigation

The value of a personal injury claim can depend on much more than the injury itself. Earnings, services, care, treatment, future needs, pre-existing conditions and uncertain prognosis can all have a significant effect on the eventual value of a claim.

The law on damages is also moving. The Scottish Government has committed to a Damages (Scotland) Bill to implement the Scottish Law Commission’s recommendations on damages for personal injury, including reforms affecting services, deductions from damages, asbestos-related claims and the management of damages awarded to children.

This seminar will look at the principal heads of loss, the evidence required to value personal injury claims effectively and the changes now proposed to the law of damages.

The seminar will consider: