“…d have derived from his efforts, and therefore failed properly to assess his loss of earning capacity. This was wrong in the light of Pickett and Adsett v West [1983] QB 826.…”
“…The Defendant’s submissions in the present case focussed, as did the reasoning of the trial judge, on the decision of McCullough J in Adsett v West [1983] QB 826. This was a claim brought for the benefit of the estate of Richard Adsett, a single man of 26 years old killed in a road traffic accident by the negligence of …”