If you've ever tried to explain damages for
loss of future earnings to your students with the example of a promising young
professional footballer forced to leave the game at the start of his career,
then you've probably been met by the question 'how much would he get, then,
exactly?' The answer it now turns out is £3,854,328: Smith v
Collett [2009] EWCA Civ 583 - http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2009/583.html.
CM
Professor Charles Mitchell
School of Law
King's College
London
Strand
London WC2R 2LS
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