Fatal Injuries in UK Law

  • R v Rahman (Islamur) and Others
    • House of Lords
    • 02 Julio 2008
    ... ... or proved that any of the appellants had personally struck the fatal blow or blows and they were convicted as accessories or secondary parties ... A number of recent soft tissue injuries were also found on the body of the deceased, but these were not ... ...
  • Lim Poh Choo v Camden and Islington Area Health Authority
    • House of Lords
    • 21 Junio 1979
    ... ... problems implicit in a system of compensation for personal injuries which (unless the parties agree otherwise) can yield only a lump sum ... and moderate way of assessing damages for catastrophic, but not fatal, personal injuries under the law as it now is, there will have been ... ...
  • Hyam v DPP
    • House of Lords
    • 21 Marzo 1974
    ... ... What injuries are "really serious" within the meaning of this definition is a question ... the officer off in the path of oncoming traffic and this caused him fatal injuries. The defendant's own account of the matter in Court was that he ... ...
  • Harris v Empress Motors Ltd
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 14 Julio 1983
    ... ... In both cases the injured man had died as a result of injuries received in an accident caused by the negligence of the defendants. In the Harris case the action was brought under the Fatal Accidents Act 1976 for the benefit of the dependent widow and children and ... ...
  • R v Petherick (Rosie Lee)
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 03 Octubre 2012
    ... ... seat passengers, was ejected by the impact from the car and suffered fatal injuries in the course of it. The other male passenger, a then boyfriend ... ...
  • Cookson v Knowles
    • House of Lords
    • 24 Mayo 1978
    ... ... there falls the task of assessing damages in cases brought under the Fatal Accidents Act 1976. These complement some earlier guide lines for the ... to oblige the court to award interest in all actions for personal injuries or fatal accidents unless it was satisfied that there were special reasons ... ...
  • Jefford v Gee
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 04 Marzo 1970
    ... ... £200 and represents or includes damages in respect of personal injuries to the plaintiff or any other person, then (with- out prejudice to the ... This was done both on the widow's claim under the Fatal Accidents Acts for the pecuniary loss, and also the claim under the Law ... ...
  • Oliver v Ashman
    • Court of Appeal
    • 03 Julio 1961
    ... ... Justice, awarding £11,000 damages to a small child for personal injuries caused by an accident. The Plaintiffs contend that the damages are too ... The Fatal Accidents Act, 1846 had given them a right of compensation for loss of ... ...
  • Mitchell and another v Glasgow City Council
    • House of Lords
    • 18 Febrero 2009
    ... ... On 10 August 2001 he died as a result of his injuries. The deceased, who was aged 72, and Drummond, who was in his mid 60s, were ... The final and fatal violence of 31 July followed a meeting on that day between Council ... ...
  • Hinz v Berry
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 16 Enero 1970
    ... ... Berry. The injuries to the children has been settled by various sums being paid. The pecuniary ... ...
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