Compendium Of Personal Injury Awards 2018 Pdf
Damages compendium updated to october 31 2018 final.
Compendium of personal injury awards 2018 pdf. Awards in personal injury claims already in place. 2018 at 5 22 pm. The figures for the last eight years are tabulated by the government s compensation recovery unit5. Throughout june 2009 to april 2010 the task force worked on reviewing the compendium constantly seeking to improve it by asking members of the bar for feedback.
To download the compendium of damages in pdf format click the following link. And saw the court of appeal reduce a high court award of general damages by 46 from 65 000 00 to 35 000 00. Cameron fynney university of ottawa common law student in acknowledgment of the contributions of stephen blair sessional professor university of ottawa sarah saad associate rasmussen starr ruddy llp. Overall claims were 987 381 in 2010 11 peaked at 1 048 309 in 2012 13 and in 2017 18 were around 19 down at 853 615.
The ccla compendium of damages awarded in personal injury actions across ontario has been updated to october 2018 this invaluable guide is a favourite with local litigators and has been produced for the ccla for several years under the leadership of the honourable james chadwick and with the assistance of students from the university of ottawa law school. In 2017 the task force to review the compendium of personal injury awards task force headed by ravinder singh dhalliwal and r ravindra kumar. This version contains decisions from january 1 1999 to october 31 2018. In october 2010 the chief judge of the high court of malaya s office endorsed the proposed quantum in the compendium of personal injury awards compendium.
When the draft of the compendium of personal injury awards compendium was completed the task force to review the compendium of personal injury awards task force was formed. In fact there has been a decrease. This judgement highlighted that in assessing the award of compensation the trial judge should have regard to where the injury falls on the scale or spectrum of damages which ends at 400 000 00 for the catastrophically injured. Parisa khazra university of ottawa common law student alex digiovanni university of ottawa common law student in acknowledgment of the contributions of.
Dated 16 oct 2018 to members of the malaysian bar revised compendium of personal injury awards we refer to circular no 210 2014 dated 17 sept 2014 entitled finalised compendium of personal injury awards. Of personal injury claims over very recent years. Compendium of damages awarded in personal injury actions across ontario january 1999 october 2018 the honourable james b. This must reflect in part ever safer roads.
Compendium of personal injury awards dear perak bar members the malaysian bar is seeking the collaboration of its members to provide feedback on the compendium of personal injury awards which was prepared by the kuala lumpur bar committee in collaboration with the judiciary.