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Loss of future earnings - personal injury (UK)?
I had an accident about 2 years ago and have been persuing a personal injury claim as a result. I am due to go to court in the next few months and need to tie up any loose ends...
My question - Can I claim for future loss of earnings even though I am still employed - As a result of my accident I had to leave my previous job (IT Trainer) and take on a lower paid job instead (Technician).
With a 2 year gap out of the IT industry I will find it very difficult to get back to an IT Trainer role and my salary will never match that of an IT Trainer.
So although I am not disabled as a result of my accident, can I still claim for the gap in my salary?
I have been using the Odgen table 1 to calculate the loss of earnings from date of trail until retirement age of 65, but do I need to apply any additional mulitpliers to this scenario?
Chris
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- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Well obviously you can. You need to show that you had the skill and ability of an IT technician taking into consideration that you were once working as an IT technician it would be easy to prove that you did have the required skill for that profession.Also you need to calculate the duration you were required to work there so they would calculate the toatl earnings you would have made up until the age of 65.When the do do that they would subtract the salary of an IT technician from your current job and pay you the difference.So if your current job pays you $3000 and your job as an IT technician paid $5000, then you would just recieve $2000 the difference in salary from the two jobs.