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Quality of life damages—general

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242 Quality of life damages—general

(1)

A claimant for a motor accident claim who is the injured person to whom the claim relates may be awarded damages for non-economic loss (quality of life damages) only in accordance with—

(a)

if the claimant was a child on the date of the motor accident—section 244; or

(b)

in any other case—section 243.

(2)

In this section:

non-economic loss includes the following:

(a)

pain and suffering;

(b)

loss of amenities of life;

(c)

loss of expectation of life;

(d)

disfigurement.

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