LOSS OF A CHANCE DOCTRINE IN ENGLISH LAW: IN SEARCH FOR JUSTIFICATION OF DIFFERENTIATED APPROACH

Author
, PhD in Law, Associate professor, Kharkiv, Pushinska, 77

In heading

 Law;

Signed print

 25.06.2021

Issues number

 2021-№2 (45)

Page

 114-129

Type of articles

 Scientific article

Code UDK

 347.514(410)

ISSN print

 2411-5584

Abstract

 The article addresses loss of a chance doctrine in English law. Under this doctrine, the loss of a chance for a better result (or a chance to avoid a worse result) is in itself considered as a distinct type of compensable damage, which allows plaintiffs to obtain compensation in cases where it is impossible to prove that in the absence of the defendant’s wrongdoing harmful result would not have occurred, provided that the defendant’s wrongdoing increased the harmful result. The article first examines in which categories of cases English law considers the doctrine to be applicable and in which it does not, and then analyses proffered in academic literature ways to justify the differentiated approach.

Keywords

 causation, loss of chance, tort law, harm, damage

Reviewer

External reviewer

Article in PDF

 114-129

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Code DOI

 10.31359/2411‑5584‑2021‑45‑2‑114

05.07.2021