Full Schedule Of Special Damage And Future Loss
While we appreciate that it is your obligation to serve the Schedule, the preparation of it can often be a highly mathematical exercise, which in some circumstances can most cost-effectively be carried out by a forensic accountant.
We extract the figures from all the experts' reports, often including our own report on loss of earnings and loss of pension rights, as well as other experts' reports on costs of care, rehabilitation costs and future accommodation requirements. We then convert these extracts into a formal Schedule of Special Damage and Future Loss for disclosure.
We make maximum use of computers and we link the figures from the various experts' reports to the figures in the Schedule of Special Damage, so that if immediately before or during a trial some of the experts' figures change, we can immediately advise the effect on the overall claim. We will normally bring a portable computer and printer to the trial so that we are able to amend and print out revised calculations as the trial proceeds. This can be invaluable in deciding whether to make or accept any particular part 36 offers or payments.
Claims for care and accommodation costs
Following serious injury in a personal injury claim, the claimant may well have a substantial claim for care and future accommodation requirements.
In those circumstances you would be well advised to go to an expert who has experience in preparing reports on claims for care and accommodation, but our experience is that, having done so, you are often left with a detailed report (sometimes covering more than 50 pages) with no clear indication as to what amounts should be included in the Schedule of Special Damage and Future Loss.
Our expertise comes in taking those reports and converting the conclusions into specific amounts that should be inserted into the Schedule. In terms of the claim for future loss, this often involves suggesting an appropriate judicial multiplier (from the Ogden tables) and splitting that multiplier appropriately for the various periods of the future loss claim.
