Dependency Claims: An odyssey around Section 3 of the Fatal Accident Act 1976

Jonathan Godfrey examines the replacement of services provided by the deceased pursuant to s3 of the FAA ‘A “free standing” claim for loss of earnings falls outside the scope of s3 of the FAA. It does not refer from a benefit that would have accrued had the deceased survived.’The remit of s3 of the Fatal …
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Fatal Accident Claims: The past is a foreign country

David Regan considers the basis of awards and common pitfalls ‘The Fatal Accidents Act 1976 serves a very important purpose: to protect the rights of dependants who are the secondary victims of torts that have resulted in death.’ The opening line of LP Hartley’s The Go-Between (1953), ‘The past is a foreign country, they do …
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