Personal injury and relationships: Love and other awkward losses

Karl Hirst discusses heads of loss for this little-talked-about area ‘The law in this area has deep roots in unmarried claimants claiming for loss of marriage prospects where they can prove that the injury will probably prevent or substantially reduce the claimant‘s prospects in future.‘ One of the key functions required of any personal injury …
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