Revised damages guidelines for CSA cases
IICSA · Accountability and Reparations Investigation Report · Issued 19 September 2019 · Addressed to: Judicial College
Source — verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation, G
The Judicial College should revise its Guidelines for the Assessment of General Damages in Personal Injury Cases to include a freestanding section on the damages that may be appropriate in cases of child sexual abuse. This new section of the guidelines should advise the court to take into account the nature and severity of the abuse itself, any short-term and long-term physical, emotional and psychiatric or psychological injuries, and the general effect of the abuse on the claimant's capacity to function throughout their life. The latter may include the ability to sustain personal and sexual relationships, to benefit from education and to undertake paid employment.
IICSA, Accountability and Reparations Investigation Report · 19 Sep 2019 Source PDF →
Published evidence summary
Publicly available evidence relating to this recommendation:
- In May 2023, the government confirmed that this recommendation had been completed (Government Response to IICSA Final Report, HM Government, May 2023).
Response — verbatim from government
●UK Government
The Judicial College informed the Inquiry that the revised edition of its Guidelines for the Assessment of General Damages in Personal Injury Cases was published on 11 April 2022. The Judicial College stated that the new edition includes a section on sexual abuse, which incorporates the factors to be taken into account in valuing general damages for sexual abuse. These include the nature and duration of the abuse, the physical and/or psychological effects caused and the effect on the injured person's ability to sustain personal and sexual relationships.
UK Government · 22 May 2023 Written response →
Evidence trail — what's actually happened since
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