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Contemporary Studies in Economic and Financial Analysis
Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Damages Calculations: Transatlantic Dialogue
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John O. Ward
John O. Ward
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Robert J. Thornton
Robert J. Thornton
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Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Volume
91
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1108/S1569-3759(2009)91
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978-1-84855-303-3
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978-1-84855-302-6
Series ISSN:
1569-3759
Publication date:
2009
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Principles of compensation for injury and wrongful death in Ireland

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Shane Whelan
Shane Whelan
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Shane Whelan
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2009
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https://doi.org/10.1108/S1569-3759(2009)0000091012
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    2009
© Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2009

Compensation for personal injury in Ireland is based on the principle that the wronged party should be restored to the position that he or she was in prior to the action of the other (restitution in integrum). Compensation must be in a single lump sum for both past and future loss, with no further redress even if losses subsequently arise that were unknown at the time of the trial.

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