[2H Variation or suspension of agreed periodical payments]
Damages Act 1996 (1996 c 48) | Legislation

[2H  Variation or suspension of agreed periodical payments]

[(1)     A court may vary an agreement to which subsection (2) applies, or suspend a right to receive periodical payments under such an agreement, in accordance with—

(a)     this section, and

(b)     any restrictions on the court's power to do so specified in the agreement.

(2)     This subsection applies to an agreement which—

(a)     has been made to settle a claim or action for damages in respect of personal injury, and

(b)     provides—

(i)     for the agreed damages attributed to future pecuniary loss to take wholly or partly

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