FATAL ACCIDENT DAMAGES: COURT OF APPEAL UPHOLDS WIDOW’S CLAIM TO DAMAGES BASED ON “PRACTICAL REALITY”

In Paramount Shopfitting Company Ltd v Rix [2021] EWCA Civ 1172 the Court of Appeal rejected a defendant's appeal in relation to the assessment of damages awarded to a widow. The widow's husband had run a successful business.  The fact that it had continued to prosper after his death did not impact ...