How Much For A Leg? Assessing the Process of Assessment of Non-Pecuniary Personal Injury Damages in Scotland

This study of the assessment of non-pecuniary damages for personal injury reviews the state of current approaches in Scotland, considers the conclusions of the Gill Report and compares differing approaches in jurisdictions worldwide, before presenting possible options for reform.

Table of Cases, Table of Statutes and an Index are included.

Contents

• Introduction
• Alternative Methods of Assessment
• Analysis and Assessment of the Assessment Process
• Conclusions

Appendices

• Court-Disputed Non-Pecuniary Loss (Low Value)
• Court-Disputed Non-Pecuniary Damages (Medium Value) (JSB Use) (Other Disputed Issues)
• How Much for a Leg?
• Reconstruction of the CICA 2001 Tariff of Selected Listed Injuries Allocated up to £4,400, by Value rather than by Injury
• What People Say the Damages Should Be