The Scottish Law Commission recently announced that its Tenth Programme of Law Reform will include a project on damages for personal injury

The project will look at the Administration of Justice Act 1982, Part II, which deals with (a) awards of damages in relation to services; (b) deduction from damages of specified benefits; and (c) awards of provisional damages.

The Commission says it intends to review each of these issues to take account of contemporary circumstances, and in particular:

In addition, the review will look at whether arrangements need to be put in place to protect awards of damages made to children; there have been instances where parents or guardians have sought to exploit a child’s misfortune for financial gain, says the Commission.

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