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<p>There were no new definitions of damages for personal injuries introduced by the
Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) 1998. A “claim for personal injuries” is defined in CPR
2.3 as “proceedings in which there is a claim for damages in respect of personal injuries
to the claimant or any other person or in respect of a person’s death, and ‘personal
injuries’ includes any disease and any impairment of a person’s physical or mental
condition.”</p><p>In general, cases allocated to the Small Claims track are those
with a financial value of no more than £10,000. For personal injury, there is a lower
small claims limit of £1,000 that applies to damages for pain, suffering and loss
of amenity. Additional damages may be recovered, such as for loss of earnings, damage
to property and medical expenses, although to remain on the Small Claims track the
total value of the whole claim must not exceed the relevant financial limit.</p>
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