Girvan v Inverness Farmers Dairy and Another: IHCS 1996

The claimant sought damages. One of the heads of claim that were not in dispute was that the pursuer’s injuries had made it impossible for him to continue as a dedicated clay pigeon shot and had as a result lost the very real prospect of winning substantial cash prizes and other valuable trophies and prizes.
Lord McCluskey
1996 SC 135
Scotland
Cited by:
Appeal fromGirvan v Inverness Farmers Dairy and Another HL 13-Nov-1997
(Scotland) A second re-trial in order to obtain a jury assessment of damages more in line with that assessed by judges would be wrong. Lord Clyde: ‘In a system in which damages may be assessed in different cases either by a jury or by a judge it is . .
CitedGregg v Scott HL 27-Jan-2005
The patient saw his doctor and complained about a lump under his arm. The doctor failed to diagnose cancer. It was nine months before treatment was begun. The claimant sought damages for the reduction in his prospects of disease-free survival for . .

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Updated: 22 October 2021; Ref: scu.222514