Pain Suffering & Loss of Amenity - The Fundamentals Explored

Introduction

This webinar seeks to provide an overview of the fundamentals of pain suffering and loss of amenity. It will provide practical advice for avoiding the most common pitfalls and explore how to (re)value claims to your client’s benefit with reference to medical evidence, loss of earnings, and re-evaluating the JCG categories.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

The Judicial College Guidelines

• Basic principles, legal status and application to specific cases, overview of the chapters and placement within brackets and departure from the brackets
• Changes in the 18th Edition

Whiplash Reforms

• The Civil Liability Act 2018 and the new Whiplash Injury Regulations 2025 and making the best of a bad job
• The impact on claimed PSLA on costs thresholds - the scope of the tracks, protocols, and fixed costs regime

Other Damages?

• Employment related general damages
• Loss of Amenity, including social losses
• Credit hire
• Loss of earnings
• Medical expenses
• Out of pocket expenses