Economic circumstances have not changed sufficiently yet to alter the rate of three per cent used when calculating damages in personal injury cases. Though the returns on government stocks had fallen the figure of two per cent was not yet appropriate, and lay within the range of returns contemplated when the original figures had been set.
Judges:
Lord Philip
Citations:
Times 28-Jun-2000, [2000] ScotCS 136
Links:
Statutes:
Damages, Personal Injury, Scotland
Updated: 05 June 2022; Ref: scu.169324