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Facts & Figures 2024/25: Tables for the Calculation of Damages

Facts & Figures 2024/25: Tables for the Calculation of Damages

Author: Robin de Wilde, QC
Publisher: Sweet & Maxwell U.K.
ISBN: 9780414120952

Previous Edition ISBN: 9780414114531
Published In: October 2024
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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Special Damages constitute an important part of most personal injury claims and preparing a schedule of damages is a complex process. Facts & Figures: Tables for the Calculation of Damages makes the entire calculation process quicker, easier and more accurate.

The calculation of past and future losses in personal injury and clinical negligence cases can be a lengthy, technical and complex matter. Facts & Figures 2024/25: Tables for the Calculation of Damages is designed to guide barristers, insurers, solicitors and all levels of the judiciary through the issues that such a calculation can involve. It is compiled with input from many sources, including lawyers, accountants and actuaries, as well as nursing, housing and motoring consultants. Although the most complex cases may still require their own expert evidence, with the aid of Facts & Figures you can calculate:

Multipliers for future losses for life, to retirement age, from retirement age, for limited periods, or at specified or unspecified dates in the future
Net incomes from gross
Claims for gratuitous care
Housing costs
Interest rates
Motoring costs in the overwhelming majority of cases

Facts & Figures 2024/25 contains helpful information and guidance on:

Uplifting periodical payments including the changes in ASHE (6115) from 2002 onwards
Average weekly and annual earnings statistics
National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage
The latest life expectancy data from the Office of National Statistics
Means-tested and non-means-tested statutory benefits
Periodic multipliers for assessing recurring future losses
Splitting multipliers for future losses
Assessing claims for past care including the latest pay rates published by the National Joint Council for Local
Government Services
Assessing claims for travel and transport, including annual motoring costs
Hospital and NHS charges
Assessing claims for Court of Protection and deputyship charges
Calculating claims for childcare, nannies and foster care
Assessing claims for DIY, gardening and housekeeping

Material in the 2024/25 Edition:

The full text of the latest version of the (8th) edition of the Ogden Tables, complete with explanatory notes, published in May 2021. These contain multipliers at the relevant discount rates for cases pursued in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
An updated section on the valuing of claims for accommodation, following the Court of Appeal’s decision in Swift v Carpenter
The latest interest rates, tax rates, care rates and average earnings data
Details of past payments for Carer’s Allowance, and expanded guidance in relation to offsetting benefits against damages