PROVING DAMAGES IN A FATAL CASE: THE COURT SHOULD LOOK AT THE “PRACTICAL REALITY”: WIDOW DID HAVE A FINANCIAL DEPENDENCY WHERE HUSBAND HAD RUN A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS

In Rix v Paramount Shopfitting Company Ltd [2020] EWHC 2398 (QB) Mr Justice Cavangh considered and applied an important principle in fatal accident damages.  The fact that the deceased person was running a successful business, and it went on trading  successfully after their death,  did not mean the...

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