Loss of Consortium in UK Law

  • Best v Samuel Fox & Company Ltd
    • House of Lords
    • 11 Julio 1952
    ... ... only base her claim upon the circumstance that she had lost the consortium of her husband by reason of the injury to him. Such a claim was put ... the Appellant it is urged that a husband can bring an action for the loss of the consortium of his wife by reason of any tort which deprives him of ... ...
  • Slipper v British Broadcasting Corporation
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 25 Mayo 1990
    ... ... persons from resorting to the place of business, and it so leads to loss of trade is actionable. It is of little consequence whether the wrong is ... of a slander of her uttered to her husband whereby she lost her consortium with him. Lord Campbell, a t page 591, said:— "I am ... ...
  • Boys v Chaplin
    • House of Lords
    • 25 Junio 1969
    ... ... 3 Under the Maltese law he could recover only financial loss directly suffered, expenses incurred and lost wages together with a sum ... in respect of some interest of the plaintiff (such as loss of consortium) or some head of damage (such as pain and suffering) should be given ... ...
  • Harding v Wealands
    • House of Lords
    • 05 Julio 2006
    ... ... s.132 which requires, in the case of a dispute over non economic loss, for the degree of impairment to be assessed by a medical assessor in New ... in respect of some interest of the plaintiff (such as loss of consortium) or some head of damage (such as pain and suffering) should be given ... ...
  • Rose v Ford
    • House of Lords
    • 25 Junio 1937
    ... ... learned Judge awarded the sum of £500 for pain and suffering and the loss of the right leg. He refused to award any damages for loss of expectation ... damages for loss of service if master and servant or of consortium if husband and wife, or and pensions. I need not discuss the judgments on ... ...
  • McFarlane v Tayside Health Board
    • House of Lords
    • 25 Noviembre 1999
    ... ... negligence they should be given the opportunity to prove the loss, injury and damage which they aver arises directly from the fact that the ... as to the value of the loss of a life, loss of society or consortium, loss of a limb or a function. But to do so and to get it even ... ...
  • McLoughlin v O'Brian
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 16 Diciembre 1980
    ... ... were pleaded as: "… shock, distress and injury to health, loss and damage. The Plaintiff was born on the 23rd June 1933. She ... of his sexual and mental companionship - but for this loss of consortium, as the law calls it, she has no cause of action: see Best v Samuel Fox & ... ...
  • Emeh v Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster Area Health Authority
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 24 Julio 1984
    ... ... He assessed a sum of £7,000 for loss of future earnings; he assessed the cost of maintinaing the child up to ... 's pain and suffering during pregnancy and delivery, and loss of consortium. Additionally, the parents may recover the reasonable costs of rearing the ... ...
  • Cox v Ergo Versicherung AG (formerly known as Victoria)
    • Supreme Court
    • 02 Abril 2014
    ... ... had a direct right of action against Mr Kretschmer's insurer for such loss as she would have been entitled to recover from him. That being so, the ... as pain and suffering (see Boys v Chaplin itself) and loss of consortium (solatium): see M'Elroy v M'Allister 1949 SC 110 , cited in Boys v ... ...
  • Thake v Maurice
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 11 Diciembre 1985
    ... ... a total sum of £6,677, and an agreed sum of £2,000 to Mrs Thake for loss of earnings during this period, plus agreed interest in the sum of ... 's pain and suffering during pregnancy and delivery, and loss of consortium. Additionally, the parents may recover the reasonable costs of rearing the ... ...
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