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Consultations
DCA: A consultation paper (closes 27 July 2007) proposing changes to parts of the civil law on damages has been published by the Department for Constitutional Affairs. The consultation paper considers issues arising from a number of Law Commission reports, including recommendations for changes to the Fatal Accidents Act 1976 to extend the categories of people who would be eligible to claim damages for bereavement and as dependants of the person who had died.
The paper also seeks views on the principles surrounding the ability of people injured to claim damages for the cost of private medical treatment and on the relationship between public & private provision of care and accommodation services.
In addition, it considers the law on claims for psychiatric illness and proposes to allow the courts to continue to develop the law in this area rather than introduce legislation.
- the law on aggravated and restitutionary damages, and
- the treatment in damages awards of collateral benefits, gratuitous care and services, and accommodation expenses
Press release ~ Consultation documents ~ Claims for Wrongful Death;(no 263) ~ Liability for Psychiatric Illness (no 249) ~ Damages for Personal Injury: Medical, Nursing and Other Expenses; Collateral Benefits (no 262) ~ Aggravated, Exemplary and Restitutionary Damages (no 247)
