An appeal court had a discretion to hear relevant evidence of events after the date of judgment, in this case a change in circumstances of the victim’s widow, when considering a claim for damages for personal injury, where that evidence would clearly have impacted on the award.
Citations:
[1963] 1 WLR 748
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Golden Strait Corporation v Nippon Yusen Kubishka Kaisha (‘The Golden Victory’) HL 28-Mar-2007
The claimant sought damages for repudiation of a charterparty. The charterpary had been intended to continue until 2005. The charterer repudiated the contract and that repudiation was accepted, but before the arbitrator could set his award, the Iraq . .
Cited – Richmond Adult Community College v McDougall CA 17-Jan-2008
The claimant had been offered and had accepted a job subject to satisfactory health clearance. When that was not received her offer was withdrawn. She had suffered a condition which would affect her daily activities, but had recovered from that . .
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Personal Injury, Damages
Updated: 21 July 2022; Ref: scu.252488