No Exemplary Damages but Court Access Preserved
Infected Blood Inquiry · Second Interim Report · Issued 5 April 2023 · Addressed to: UK Government
Government responseUK Government: Accepted (Dec 2024)
DeliveryNo statement from UK Government found
Recommendation, verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation
I recommend that there should be no award for exemplary damages, though it should remain open to a claimant to pursue such a claim in the courts irrespective of whether they make a claim on the scheme.
Infected Blood Inquiry, Second Interim Report · 5 Apr 2023 Source PDF →
Published evidence summary
AI-generated evidence summary
In the Government response to the Infected Blood Inquiry in December 2024, the UK Government accepted the recommendation on exemplary damages and stated: "There is no award for exemplary damages, as recommended by the Second Interim Report in recommendation 7" (Cabinet Office response, Dec 2024). The record holds no update since the UK Government's response of December 2024 (Cabinet Office response, Dec 2024).
Sources
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Government response
●UK Government · Accepted · 17 Dec 2024
There is no award for exemplary damages, as recommended by the Second Interim Report in recommendation 7.
Extract from: Government response to the Infected Blood Inquiry
Delivery
No statement on delivery from UK Government has been found in the sources searched. This is separate from the response above.
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