14 February 2008
Thompstone v Tameside and Glossop Acute Services NHS Trust [2008] EWCA Civ 5, [2008] All ER (D) 72 (Jan)
Where a court makes a periodical payments order under the Damages Act 1996, s 2 for a claimant in proceedings involving catastrophic injury in the context of future care, of which the main element was the wages of the carers, the annual earnings survey published for care assistants and home carers is a more appropriate and useable index than the Retail Prices Index.
