CCC v Sheffield NHS - Lost Years & Child Claimants Explained

Introduction

This webinar will consider the recoverability of damages for child claimants in the ‘lost years’, following the Supreme Court’s recent seminal decision in CCC v Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Since the Court of Appeal’s judgment in Croke v Wiseman, child claimants have been unable to bring claims for damages arising in the ‘lost years’: where a child claimant’s life expectancy has been reduced by reason of the defendant’s negligence, no damages for loss of income could be recovered in the period between the end of the claimant’s now shortened life expectancy and his/her previously uninjured, longer, anticipated life-expectancy.

Whether the approach in Croke is sustainable as a matter of principle, should continue to be followed and applied and whether a child claimant can recover damages in the ‘lost years' has now been authoritatively determined by the Supreme Court in CCC v Sheffield.

By viewing this webinar, you will be kept up to date on the latest developments on claims for ‘lost years’ brought by child claimants and be better placed to deal with such claims when they arise in your practice.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• The earlier Court of Appeal decision in Pickett v British Engineering
• What was decided in Croke v Wiseman
• The basis on which permission was given by the High Court for an unusual ‘leap-frog’ appeal to the Supreme Court
• What the Supreme Court decided
• The practical effect of the Supreme Court’s decision for those dealing with ‘lost years’ claims

This pre-recorded webinar will be available to view from Wednesday 18th March 2026

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