The measure of damages in respect of additional housing costs necessitated by a plaintiff’s injuries is the additional cost over his lifetime of providing that accommodation. As regards the discount to be applied for the immediate receipt of funds to represent future losses, the court adopted the figure of two per cent because ‘a tax-free yield of two per cent in risk free investment would not be a wholly unacceptable one.’
Judges:
Stocker LJ
Citations:
[1989] 1 QB 878
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – B and B v A County Council CA 21-Nov-2006
The claimants sought damages from the defendant local authority after their identities had been wrongfully revealed to the natural parents of the adoptees leading to a claimed campaign of harassment. The adopters has specifically requested that . .
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Damages, Personal Injury
Updated: 20 April 2022; Ref: scu.246343