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10% Increase in General Damages: Clarity Reinstated - Tracy Head, Kennedys

13/12/12. Tracy Head reports on a revision of Simmons v Castle: Lord Justice Jackson made 109 recommendations in his final report as the basis of his fundamental review of the costs of civil litigation. The tenth recommendation in the list was that in personal injuries litigation the level of general damages for pain, suffering and loss of amenity (PSLA) be increased by 10 per cent. The increase in general damages is one of...

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