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United Kingdom quantumloss of housekeeping capacity

Daly v General Steam Navigation Co

Daly v General Steam Navigation Co Ltd (The Dragon) [1981] 1 WLR 120
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)
Year1981
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

A claimant whose injuries reduce her capacity to perform housekeeping is entitled to general damages for loss of housekeeping capacity assessed as a head of loss in its own right, and the proper future measure is the cost of employing domestic help (e.g. on a commercial basis) even if the claimant does not in fact spend the award on such help.

Area of Law

General

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