Tort Damages 1 - How Are They Organised?
Channel: Professor Richard Lewis
Date: 26/02/2021

How do lawyers sub-divide the heads of compensation when claiming damages for personal injury? Distinguish -
(1) Past Financial Loss
(2) Future Financial Loss
(3) Pain, Suffering and Loss of Amenity.   
The most important part of the claim is that for pain & suffering: it constitutes two-thirds of all damages awarded. This fact may come as a surprise to the many students who think that the primary aim of tort is to compensate for the financial losses resulting from injury.