Errors in the calculation of future economic loss for a young child — including using projected rather than current average weekly earnings and failing to apply a deferred enjoyment discount — may not warrant appellate intervention where the figure awarded falls within the broad permissible range inherent in such assessments. The inherent imprecision of assessing future economic loss for a child who has not finished primary schooling limits the scope for challenge on appeal.
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