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In last month’s Health Legal Update, reference was made to the case of Simmons v Castle, where the Court of Appeal took the opportunity to confirm an increase in general damages of 10 per cent, effective from April 2013
The DWP has issued guidance clarifying the provisions of the Health and Social Care (Community Health Standards) Act 2003 in so far as those provisions enable compensators to have contributory negligence taken into account for injury cost recovery scheme purposes where it is a factor in the primary compensation claim
