The means of assessment of fatal accident damages is not set out in the Fatal Accident Act, but is set out in a series of cases.
Proper representation of a claimant depends on the lawyer knowing, in some detail, how the courts approach fatal accidents dependency.
This webinar looks at the key cases on the assessment of dependency claims and covers:
- Financial dependency
- Loss of a carer
- Loss of a partner
- Will the courts award damages for dependency following loss of a child?
- The type of evidence needed
- Section 4 and what matters are ignored.
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This webinar is part of a series
Other sessions in the series include:
Understanding the Law as to Fatal Accidents
Preparing a Schedule and providing evidence in a fatal claim
Fatal accident claims: Ensuring everything goes right
The Key cases in fatal accident damages
Children and fatal accident litigation
Damages in anticipation of Death and damages for losses prior to death
An Introduction to the Law Coroner's Court
To book the whole series at a special rate, please visit
https://www.apil.org.uk/training/the-apil-fatal-accidents-webinar-series-2025
Barrister
Kings Chambers, Leeds, Manchester and Birmingham and 4-5 Gray's Inn Square, London
Gordon was called to the Bar in 1991 having originally qualified and practised as a solicitor. He practices from Kings Chambers, Leeds, Manchester and Birmingham and 4-5 Gray's Inn Square, London. He works in the area of personal injury litigation and in the law relating to civil procedure, limitation and costs. He has a particular interest in issues relating to damages, evidence, costs and procedure.
Gordon is a former executive committee member of APIL and has lectured widely for APIL and CPIL on personal injury and procedure topics. Gordon is the author of Personal Injury Practice Notes (Cavendish); The APIL Guide to Fatal Accidents (now in its 4th edition); the 14th edition of Munkman and Exall on Damages for Personal Injury Death and Periodical Payments the New Law. He also wrote the section on limitation for the APIL loose-leaf and contributes two chapters to Munkman on Employer’s Liability... view full biography