s. s. 93 93 (iii) if damages are awarded, costs are to be awarded against the defendant. (12A) Damages awarded in accordance with subsection S. 93(12A) inserted by (8) in respect of the death of a person must not No. 84/1994 include damages in respect of services in the s. 10(4). nature of housekeeping or the care of a child which would have been provided by the deceased person. (13) Where an award of damages in accordance with this section is to include compensation, assessed as a lump sum, in respect of damages for future loss which is referable to— (a) deprivation or impairment of earning capacity; or (b) loss of the expectation of financial support; or (c) a liability to incur expenditure in the future— the present value of the future loss must be qualified by adopting a discount rate of 6 per centum in order to make appropriate allowance for inflation, the income from investment of the sum awarded and the effect of taxation on that income. (14) Except as provided by subsection (13), nothing in that subsection affects any other law relating to the discounting of sums awarded as damages. (15) A court must not, in relation to an award of S. 93(15) amended by damages in accordance with this section, order the No. 34/1998 payment of interest, and no interest shall be s. 14(b). payable, on an amount of damages, other than damages referable to loss actually suffered before the date of the award, in respect of the period from the date of the death of or injury to the person in respect of whom the award is made to the date of the award.
(iii) if damages are awarded, costs are to be awarded against the defendant. S. 93(12A) inserted by No. 84/1994 s. 10(4). (12A) Damages awarded in accordance with subsection (8) in respect of the death of a person must not include damages in respect of services in the nature of housekeeping or the care of a child which would have been provided by the deceased person. (13) Where an award of damages in accordance with this section is to include compensation, assessed as a lump sum, in respect of damages for future loss which is referable to— s. 93 (a) deprivation or impairment of earning capacity; or (b) loss of the expectation of financial support; or (c) a liability to incur expenditure in the future— the present value of the future loss must be qualified by adopting a discount rate of 6 per centum in order to make appropriate allowance for inflation, the income from investment of the sum awarded and the effect of taxation on that income. (14) Except as provided by subsection (13), nothing in that subsection affects any other law relating to the discounting of sums awarded as damages. S. 93(15) amended by No. 34/1998 s. 14(b). (15) A court must not, in relation to an award of damages in accordance with this section, order the payment of interest, and no interest shall be payable, on an amount of damages, other than damages referable to loss actually suffered before the date of the award, in respect of the period from the date of the death of or injury to the person in respect of whom the award is made to the date of the award. s. 93
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