“…olicies of insurance, as well as sums paid by the benevolence of third parties motivated by sympathy for the injured claimant’s misfortune, see Hodgson v Trapp [1989] AC 807 at page 819-820.…”
“…On 10 November 1988 the approach taken in Bowker v Rose was reversed by the House of Lords in Hodgson v Trapp [1989] AC 807 which emphasised the fact that the assessment of common law damages for personal injury was intended to be purely compensatory.…”
“…cited well-known authorities on the compensatory purpose of an award of damages, such as Livingstone v Raywards Coal Co (1880) 5 App Cas 25 and Hodgson v Trapp [1989] AC 807 in which Lord Bridge said at 819: “If, in consequence of the injuries sustained, the plaintiff has enjoyed receipts to which he would not otherwise have been e…”