3 Provisional damages and fatal accident claims
Damages Act 1996 (1996 c 48) | Legislation

3  Provisional damages and fatal accident claims

(1)     This section applies where a person—

(a)     is awarded provisional damages; and

(b)     subsequently dies as a result of the act or omission which gave rise to the cause of action for which the damages were awarded.

(2)     The award of the provisional damages shall not operate as a bar to an action in respect of that person's death under the Fatal Accidents Act 1976.

(3)     Such part (if any) of—

(a)     the provisional damages; and

(b)

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