The WLR Daily case summaries
[2020] WLR(D) 497
Queen’s Bench Division
Rix v Paramount Shopfitting Co Ltd
[2020] EWHC 2398 (QB)
July 16, 17; Sept 7
Cavanagh J
Fatal Accidents Acts— Damages— Widow's dependency— Deceased building up family business— Claimant wife of deceased receiving salary as director of business and dividends as shareholder but not working in business— Deceased dying from mesothelioma caused by exposure to asbestos in course of earlier employment with defendant— Claimant bringing claim against defendant for financial dependency— Whether having valid claim for financial dependency where profitability of family business increasing after death of deceased— Appropriate method of calculation of financial dependency—
Fatal Accidents Act 1976 (c 30), s 3(1) (as substituted by Administration of Justice Act 1982 (c 53), s 3(1))