Guidelines for the Assessment of General Damages in Personal Injury Cases

by Judicial Studies Board

• ISBN13: 9780199276622
• ISBN10: 0199276625
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-04-28
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

These Guidelines are widely acknowledged as a key source of reference for the judiciary, for personal injuries law practitioners, and for professionals in related areas such as insurance.They are designed to provide a clear and logical framework for the assessment of personal injury damages while leaving the discretion of the assessor unfettered, since every case must depend to a degree on its own facts. Now in their seventh edition, they can be relied upon as being fully up to date and in line with all recent awards and practice. This new edition contains new sections on chronic pain and minor hand injuries; a revised section on Asbestos related Disease; and substantially re-written sections on Vibration White Finger and Hand-Arm Vibration.

Author Biography

The book is edited by a working party of the Judicial Studies Board, under the chairmanship of Mr Justice Bell. The members of the working party are all lawyers and personal injury specialists--Martin Bruffell, solicitor; John Cherry QC; Michael Tillett QC; and Alan Hughes, solicitor.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Foreword to the First Edition	ix
Introduction	1	(2)
Injuries involving Paralysis	3	(2)
Head Injuries	5	(5)
Brain damage	5	(3)
Minor head injury	8	(1)
Epilepsy	8	(2)
Psychiatric Damage	10	(5)
Psychiatric damage generally	11	(1)
Post-traumatic stress disorder	12	(2)
Chronic pain	14	(1)
Injuries affecting the Senses	15	(4)
Injuries affecting sight	15	(1)
Deafness	16	(2)
Impairment of taste and smell	18	(1)
Injuries to Internal Organs	19	(11)
Chest injuries	19	(1)
Lung disease	20	(2)
Asbestos-related disease	22	(1)
Asthma	23	(1)
Reproductive system: male	24	(1)
Reproductive system: female	25	(1)
Digestive system	26	(1)
Kidney	27	(1)
Bowels	27	(1)
Bladder	28	(1)
Spleen	29	(1)
Hernia	29	(1)
Orthopaedic Injuries	30	(26)
Neck injuries	30	(2)
Back injuries	32	(2)
Shoulder injuries	34	(1)
Injuries to the pelvis and hips	35	(1)
Amputation of arms	36	(1)
Other arm injuries	37	(1)
Injuries to the elbow	38	(1)
Wrist injuries	39	(1)
Hand injuries	39	(5)
Vibration white finger and/or hand-arm vibration syndrome	44	(1)
Work-related upper limb disorders	45	(1)
Leg injuries	46	(3)
Knee injuries	49	(1)
Ankle injuries	50	(2)
Achilles tendon	52	(1)
Foot injuries	53	(1)
Toe injuries	54	(2)
Facial Injuries	56	(5)
Skeletal injuries	57	(2)
Facial disfigurement	59	(2)
Scarring to Other Parts of the Body	61	(2)
Damage to Hair	63	(1)
Dermatitis	64	(1)
Index	65