Compensation for Lost Services in a Dependency Claim

Authors

  • P Balan

Abstract

Where a dependent of a deceased person brings an action under section 7(1) of the Civil Law Act 1956 he may claim, not only for the pecuniary or money benefit lost as a result of the deceased's death, but also the money value of the services, if any which were rendered by the deceased to the dependant during the deceased's life-time. Speaking of the dependant's damages Lord Wright explained in the House of Lords in Davies v Powell Duffryn Associated Colleries Ltd

"the damages are to be based on the reasonable expectation of pecuniary benefit or benefit reducible to money value..."

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Published

2019-01-14

How to Cite

Balan, P. (2019). Compensation for Lost Services in a Dependency Claim. Journal of Malaysian and Comparative Law, 22(1 and 2), 71–80. Retrieved from https://sare.um.edu.my/index.php/JMCL/article/view/16101