Professional Standards Act 2004

(1) A limitation imposed by a scheme in force under this Act of an amount of damages is a limitation of the amount of damages that may be awarded for a single claim and is not a limitation of the amount of damages that may be awarded for all claims arising out of a single event.

(2) Claims by a number of persons who have a joint interest in a cause of action are to be treated as a single claim for the purposes of this Act despite the fact that they may also have several interests.

(3) Two or more claims by the same person arising out of a single event against persons to whom a scheme in force under this Act applies and who are associated are to be treated as a single claim for the purposes of this Act.

(a) officers, within the meaning of section 19, of the same body corporate;

(b) partners, employees of the same employer or in the relationship of employer and employee; or

(c) persons who are prescribed by the Regulations for the purposes of this subsection.