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Loss of Earnings After Leaving the Military: Murphy -v- Ministry of Defence - Gordon Exall, Zenith Chambers & Hardwicke

01/03/16. In Murphy -v- Ministry of Defence [2016] EWHC 3 (QB) HH Judge Coe QC (sitting as a judge of the High Court) considered damages for loss of earnings in the case of a 21 year old soldier who suffered injuries that caused him to leave the army. The sum of £10,000 was awarded for loss of congenial employment for a 21 year old soldier who left the army as a result of an injury.

  • Damages were awarded (largely) on the basis of the difference between the claimant’s earnings had he stayed in the army and his earnings (less some expenses) as a result of now working in civilian life.

  • There was no further award for loss of earnings for the time after the claimant would have retired from the army in any event.

  • The court rejected the argument that there should...

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