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BOOK REVIEW
THE JUDICIAL STUDIES BOARD: GUIDELINES FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF GENERAL DAMAGES IN PERSONAL INJURY CASES
9th EDITION
Compiled by Mr Justice Mackay, Martin Bruffell, John Cherry QC, Alan Hughes and Michael Tillett QC
ISBN: 978-0-19-954858-3
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
www.oup.com
THE PI BIBLE FROM AND FOR THE JUDGES
An appreciation by Phillip Taylor MBE and Elizabeth Taylor of Richmond Green Chambers
This work first appeared in 1992, and at that time, Lord Donaldson wrote that there could be no doubt about the practical value of this volume. Since then, the work has become essential for practitioners and now we would not dream of advising on a personal injury matter without referring to the JSB Guidelines first.
The guidelines are always well received, and they have a clear and well received influence on the judiciary. Colin Mackay explains the current need for the work as a record of the levels of awards and settlements which we use as a starting point for our advocacy.
Updates are always difficult but we believe Mackay J and his team have produced the level of consistency needed for the making of awards which served the interests of justice as well as any person can. Lord Justice Waller, in his Foreword, welcomes the work and highlights the comments from the book’s readers together with all the different areas where reports are to be found which makes the working party’s job so difficult.
This is not, however, a ‘ready reckoner’ but, as Mackay says, it distils the conventional wisdom contained in the reported cases, and supplements it from the collective experience of his working party, presenting the result in a convenient, logical and coherent form.