Tort Damages 4 - Periodical Payments & 'Structured Settlement' Compensation
Channel: Professor Richard Lewis
Date: 25/03/2021

A 'live' lecture given at the law school at Cardiff University. 
This deals with "the most important development ever relating to the law of damages" for personal injury. This is the payment of compensation by a pension instead of the traditional once-and-for-all lump sum. It is of crucial importance in cases of serious injury. However, the reform is inadequately dealt with in tort textbooks. Richard Lewis has been closely connected with 'Structured Settlements' and 'Periodic Payment Orders' in practice. The lecture reflects his knowledge what lawyers and insurers do in this area and also places the subject in wider a academic context for students.

Related Publications:

R. Lewis, 'Appearance and Reality in Reforming Periodical Payments of Tort Damages in the UK' (2006) 69 Modern Law Review 418 - 442
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=892980 

R. Lewis, 'The indexation of periodical payments of damages in tort: The future assured?' (2010) 30 Legal Studies 391 - 407    
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1544298