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WQ.271/2018

WRITTEN QUESTION TO H.M. ATTORNEY GENERAL BY THE DEPUTY OF ST. PETER

ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON MONDAY 3rd DECEMBER 2018

Question

With reference to the States Insurance Policy and potential claims arising against the States, including personal injury damages and clinical negligence, will H.M. Attorney General advise –

  1. how many such claims are due to be tried in the next 12 months;
  2. how many such claims have been quantified by the plaintiffs' lawyers as exceeding £10 million in proposed damages;
  3. what is the sum of all such claims; and
  4. whether all such claims have been reported to the States' insurers?

Answer

  1. There are two cases listed for hearing in the next 12 months.
  2. Current indications are that both of the cases being heard in the next 12 months may exceed £10 million in proposed damages.
  3. The total sum claimed has yet to be quantified.
  4. Both claims have been notified to the States' Insurers.