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Murphy v Ministry of Defence

[2016] EWHC 3 (QB)
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtHigh Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division
Year2016
StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

Even where a claimant satisfies the Ogden definition of 'disabled', an Ogden Table labour-market disadvantage award is not appropriate where the better measure of future loss is the difference between projected military earnings and actual civilian earnings, and no automatic 'X-factor' deduction should be made for the disadvantages of military life.

Area of Law

General

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