Justice Committee - Sixth Report
Draft Civil Law Reform Bill: pre-legislative scrutiny

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Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 23 March 2010.

Contents

Terms of Reference

Summary

Introduction

Pre-legislative scrutiny

Background to the bill

1 Damages under the Fatal Accidents Act

Our approach

The role of damages under the Fatal Accidents Act

Extending the eligibility for dependency damages in Fatal Accident Act cases

When should dependency begin?

Wording of the new category of dependent

Defining "dependence"

Should an organisation be able to claim dependency damages?

Assessment of dependency damages

Remarriage

Engagements

Breakdown of relationship

Bereavement damages

Who should receive bereavement damages?

Eligibility of parents for bereavement damages

Eligibility of children for bereavement damages

Should there be a limit on the sum total of bereavement damages?

Damages for gratuitous care provided following personal injury

Damages for gratuitous care provided by the deceased in a dependency claim under the Fatal Accidents Act

2 Exemplary, aggravated, additional and restitutionary damages

Exemplary damages

Additional damages in copyright cases

3 Interest on pre-judgment and post-judgment debts

4 Amending the Forfeiture Rule

5 Barristers' disciplinary appeals

6 Enacting Law Commission proposals

Conclusions and recommendations

Formal Minutes

Witnesses

List of written evidence

Reports from the Justice Committee since Session 2008-09

Oral and Written Evidence

Tuesday 19 January 2010

Tuesday 26 January 2010

Tuesday 23 February 2010

Written Evidence

 

 

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Prepared 31 March 2010