DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF A CARER IN A FATAL CASE: FULL COMMERCIAL RATE APPLIED TO CLAIM FOR FUTURE LOSS OF SERVICES

For many years the courts have endeavoured to provide guidance for the appropriate approach to damages when a "carer" is killed.  The principles relating to lost of an "income earner" are generally well established.  Over the past few decades there has been a move away from the notion that damages f...