(First) Susan Marion Lever; (Second) Lynette Lewis; (Third) Brian Lever; (Fourth) Lennox Fitchett; (Fifth) Marcus Fitchett and (Sixth) Brian Lever against Ayrshire and Arran Health Board
Lord Harrower held that dependent relatives may recover under section 3 of the Damages (Scotland) Act 2011 where negligence materially accelerated death, even if it did not cause the death itself.
- Interpretation of section 3 of the damages (scotland) act 2011
- Acceleration of death
- Dependent relatives' claims
- Loss of life expectancy
- Statutory construction
- Damages-scotland-act-2011