The Practitioners' Library Assessment of Damages Personal Injuries and Fatal Accidents - 2nd Edition

As with the first edition, the second edition sets out the general principles relating to the assessment of damages, and the tables of awards for personal injuries made in the High Court and the Subordinate Courts.

The second edition is however divided into nine main chapters, with separate chapters on special damages and the principles relating to general damages. The original chapters on general damages (pecuniary), general damages (non-pecuniary), interest, foreign workers and workmen's compensation, appeals, and estate and dependency claims have also been substantially altered to include new aspects and developments in case law since 2001.

Important Features:
· New Case Law Developments:
· Pai Lily v Yeo Peng Hock Henry [2001] 2 SLR 569 (knowledge required for the computation of the period of limitation
· De Cruz Andrea Heidi v Guangzhou Yuzhitang Health Products Ltd [2003] 4 SLR 682 (appropriate measure of award for patient suffering from liver failure)
· Goh Eng Hong v The Management Corporation of the Textile Center [2001] 1 SLR 209
· Murugasu Euan v Singapore Airlines Ltd
· Karuppiah Nirmala v Singapore Bus Services Ltd [2002] 3 SLR 415 (factors determining the appropriate multiplier and multiplicand for loss of future earnings)
· Tan Hun Hoe v Harte Denis Mathew [2004] 4 SLR 317

(award for future medical expenses)
· Nirumulan V Kanapathi Pillay v Teo Eng Chuan [2003] 3 SLR 601 (pre-trial interest)
· Tan Woei Jinn v Thapjang Amorthap [2005] SGHC 53 (loss of future earnings for foreign workers)
· Chua Ah Beng v The Commissioner for Labour [2002] 4 SLR 854 (whether a workman can initiate concurrent proceedings under the Workmen's Compensation Act (WCA) and in the courts)
· Saldur v Rahman v Mayban General Assurance Bhd and Anor [2005] SGHC 88 (status of common law suit when a prior claim is made under WCA)
· Lassiter Ann Masters v To Keng Lam (alias Toh Jeanette) [2004] 2 SLR 392 (admission of fresh evidence on appeal )
· Tan Harry & Anor v Teo Chee Yeow Aloysius & Anor [2004] 1 SLR 513 (benefit of co-defendant's appeal).
· The tables of awards updated and expanded to include both reported and unreported cases from the High Court and the Subordinate Courts. These include awards made in the High Court Registry
· Ease of reference and comparison in cases, where appeals were brought against the awards made at first instance. The results of the appeal are included in the same table.
· The law is current as at March 2005.