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ARTICLE · 09 JULY 2008
The Illegality Defence - The Next Instalment
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
As was widely reported in the mainstream press, the Court of Appeal recently decided that a victim of the Ladbroke Grove rail crash in 1999, who suffered from consequent post traumatic stress disorder and went on to commit manslaughter in 2001, can nevertheless claim for loss of earnings both prior to and following the killing notwithstanding that he remains detained, following his conviction, in a secure hospital under the Mental Health Act.
United KingdomLitigation, Mediation & Arbitration
